Cherry Manhattan

[gmascolo51]

Thought I would share a favorite of mine, especially with the holidays upon us:

- 3 or 4 shots of Cherry Bourbon (I like Jim Beans Brand)

- 1 shot Sweet Vermouth

- 5 dashes of Bitters

- Shake, serve with ice, and garnish with cherry.

[Spinaker]

Now that sounds tasty! But my entire neighborhood would be on fire if I drank that.

[EdF]

Feed the Flame!

[Spinaker]

Hahaha, that is one way to look at it! EdF

[DWCowles]

Sounds good

[Skelly]

I like your style of thread. I love bourbon, but because of that I mostly just drink it mixed with itself... I'm always looking for cool (sweet/not too strong) mixes so my wife can enjoy it too. She likes just a hint of bourbon, while I like to breath fire.

[gmascolo51]

Just have to be careful as each drink could have 4 or 5 shots in it lol

[JCBBQ]

Is Cherry bourbon sweet? I can't tell if that sounds really good or too sweet. I love a good manhattan and I've been know to dump a little of the cherry juice in mine but mixed drinks tend to be too sweet for me. I'm partial to straight bourbon and maybe an ice cube as a mixer

[Huskee]

Kinda tastes like NyQuil to me

[JCBBQ]

Huskee 'nuff said

[fzxdoc]

I'm with you, JCBBQ . I enjoy a good glass of sipping bourbon, and it's usually sweet enough all by itself. But a good Manhattan is a fine drink now and again.

[gmascolo51]

I use Jim Beam Stag that's the cherry flavored one. I tend to not like overly sweet so I like this, it's pretty strong but one the ice melts a little it mellows out.

[Huskee]

Thank you for sharing!

[gcdmd]

My dad used to drink Manhattans occasionally, and I seem to remember that he would get the cherry flavor by pouring some of the juice from the maraschino cherries into it.