Remember the Maine
A bold, smoky Manhattan variant spiked with cherry brandy and a rinse of absinthe.
Base
whiskey
Glassware
Coupe
Flavor Profile
strongbittersweet
Ingredients
- 2 oz rye whiskey
- 0.75 oz sweet vermouth
- 0.5 oz cherry brandy
- 2 dashes absinthe
Instructions
- 1Stir rye, vermouth, and cherry brandy with ice.
- 2Strain into an absinthe-rinsed chilled coupe.
- 3Garnish with a cherry.
Origin & Story
United States, 1930s
Named after the sunken USS Maine and the rallying cry of the Spanish-American War, it first appeared in Charles H. Baker's 1939 cocktail travelogue.
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