What's the best rye or bourbon for a Manhattan? I thought this would be a quick and easy question, but it's spun out into weeks of testing, reading, drinking and drinking (poor me). Alas, today, we have the answers to the burning questions that keep you up at night - rye or bourbon? does pricier vermouth matter? can you do a 4-way rye tasting and 6-way Manhattan tasting in the same evening?
Read on for some unexpected answers...
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Rye oh rye do things always have to get complicated? (let me get it out of my system in the first line then I promise to stop)
After deciding on Bulleit as the spirit of choice for our little Manhattan project, I of course start hearing about rye whiskeys being the likely choice during the invention of the cocktail in the mid-1800's, but bourbon gaining popularity post prohibition. Some purists insists that bourbon shouldn't even be allowed in a Manhattan. I know nothing of you rye, but you're a whiskey, I'm a man, lets meet and greet.
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