Chocolate Manhattan — Manhattan with Fee Brothers Chocolate Bitters

Chocolate Manhattan

Manhattan with Fee Brothers Chocolate Bitters

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Ingredients

  • 3 dashesFee Brothers Chocolate Bitters
    Rich chocolate depth
    Substitute: Bittercube Blackstrap
  • 1 ozSweet Vermouth
    Italian sweet vermouth
    Substitute: Carpano Antica
  • 2 ozRye Whiskey
    Use quality rye
    Substitute: Bourbon acceptable

Instructions

  1. Add 2 oz rye whiskey and 1 oz sweet vermouth to mixing glass
  2. Add 3 dashes Fee Brothers Chocolate Bitters
  3. Fill with ice and stir until well chilled
  4. Strain into chilled coupe glass

    Pre-chill glass

  5. Express orange peel oils over drink and garnish

Technique Notes

Stir until well chilled. Chocolate bitters read as sweet when warm and only turn dry and cocoa-like once cold.

Why the Chocolate Manhattan Works

Chocolate bitters trade Angostura's clove-and-gentian backbone for cacao and roasted notes that flatter rye's grain spice and sweet vermouth's vanilla. The Manhattan structure is unchanged; only the aromatic register shifts, pulling the drink toward dessert without adding sugar.

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