Friday, August 7, 2015

Metropolitan, et al

I like the name of this cocktail. It sounds like a forerunner of the Manhattan and suggests a certain modernity in the drinker. It also has a number of siblings that I intend to represent in a single post. I do this because the recipes are so similar that it makes no sense to treat them differently and because I don't want to drink that much brandy.

Some of these differ only in name from each other and some require only a little more or less vermouth. I really enjoyed the Metropolitan with Carpano Antica and Courvoisier VS. Cognac tends to be so smooth that the Antica Formula has a way of keeping the drink interestingly bitter and sweet throughout.

Since there are so many recipes below, I challenge anyone to do them with different vermouths and brandies to mark the different results.
Metropolitan
  • 2 oz brandy
  • 1 oz. sweet vermouth
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • dash Angostura bitters
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Brandy Manhattan
  • 2 oz brandy
  • 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
  • cherry
  • dash Angostura bitters
Combine all ingredients except cherry in a mixing glass with ice. Stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with the cherry

Brandy Vermouth Cocktail
  • 2 oz brandy
  • 1 oz. sweet vermouth
  • dash Angostura bitters
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Carrol Cocktail
  • 2 oz brandy
  • 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
  • maraschino cherry
Combine all ingredients except cherry in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry.

Charles Cocktail
  • 2 oz brandy
  • 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
  • 3-5 dashes Angostura bitters
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

 Sink of Swim
  • 2 oz brandy
  • 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
  • 3-5 dashes Angostura bitters
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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