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Recipe
How to make
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Pour the whiskey, vermouth, sugar syrup and Angostura into a mixing glass half filled with ice cubes.
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Stir with a mixing spoon until cooled.
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Strain into a cocktail glass.
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Garnish with a squeeze of lemon zest after squeezing it on top to flavor the cocktail.
About
Like many historical cocktails, the history of the Manhattan is shrouded in legend and uncertainty. One of the most famous theories places its birth in 1874 at the Manhattan Club, a prestigious private club in New York.
According to this version, the cocktail was created on the occasion of a banquet organized by Jennie Jerome, Winston Churchill’s mother, in honor of Samuel J. Tilden, an influential politician. The drink, concocted for this event, was so successful that it was named after the club where it was served: the Manhattan Club.
However, this story is disputed, as it seems that Jennie Jerome was in Europe at the time, which makes her role in the cocktail’s creation unlikely.
Another version attributes the paternity of the Manhattan to an anonymous bartender at a bar located in the Broadway district of New York, who would have developed it for a customer and then popularized it under the name of the borough where it was served.
