Brooklyn

Brooklyn

  • Type
    Cocktail
  • Primary alcohol by volume
    Whiskey
  • Served
    Straight up
  • Standard garnish
    Cherry
  • Standard drinkware
    Cocktail glass
  • Commonly used ingredients
    4 parts rye or Canadian whisky
    2 parts dry vermouth
    1 parts maraschino liqueur
    1 parts picon or a few dashes of angostura bitters
    Maraschino cherry
  • Preparation
    Stirred over ice, strained into a chilled glass, garnished, and served straight up.

The brooklyn is one of five cocktails named for the boroughs of New York city, along with the Bronx, the Manhattan, the Queens and the Staten Island Ferry.

It resembles a Manhattan, but with a specific type of bitters (several types of bitters can be used in a Manhattan) and the addition of maraschino liqueur.

References
Brooklyn (cocktail)

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