Manhattan

Classic cocktail which, as a strong alcoholic short drink, belongs to the group of aperitifs or before-dinner cocktails. There are several versions of the "invention". According to the most common version, it was first prepared in the 1870s at the request of Jennie Churchill (1854-1921), the mother of Winston Churchill (1874-1965), on the occasion of a banquet organised for the lawyer and US presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden (1814-1886) in the New York club "Manhattan". According to another version, however, it was already created in the 1860s by a bartender named Black in a bar on Broadway near Houston Street. The Manhattan is mixed from 4 to 5 cl Canadian (Canadian whisky), Tennessee whisky or bourbon (Kentucky whisky), 1 to 2 cl Vermouth and two dashes of Angostura (bitter liqueur).

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