Manhattan Maneater

[brian12069]

I'll start out by saying, "I LIKE Manhattan's." That being said, I got home from work tonight and just wanted something different. I picked up my COMPLETE WORLD BARTENDER GUIDE and just started browsing and ran across this drink The "Manhattan Maneater" 1 1/2 oz. Whiskey, 2tbs. Southern Comfort, 1-2 dashes of orange bitters. I used Old Whiskey River and made it on the rocks. This tastes great! I'm not a big Southern Comfort Drinker, but it mixed great in this. I later tried adding a "little" sweet vermouth and that was enjoyable too. Anyone ever hear of or try this??? Give it a shot!

[BourbonJoe]

Whose orange bitters did you use?

Joe

[brian12069]

Mine. I had them in my bar.

[SBOmarc]

Mine. I had them in my bar.

My Father' s Family made a Manhattan very similar. I always thought using the sweet vermouth was strange but that never stopped that group from drinking them by the batch. At age ten I took a swig of one on the rocks that looked like Iced Tea to me, what a surprise I got!

[brian12069]

They arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry good!

[BourbonJoe]

Mine. I had them in my bar.

I meant what brand??????

Joe

[jspero]

Mine. I had them in my bar.

I just about fell out of my chair laughing when I read this.

Jay

[ratcheer]

I just about fell out of my chair laughing when I read this.

Jay

I did, too. :grin:

Tim

[brian12069]

I was trying to be funny because I didn't want to walk downstairs and see what kind they were.!!!hahahahahahahahahah

[brian12069]

And actually, now that I look it wasn't orange (my mistake) it was Angostura Aromatic bitters, sorry my bad! But glad you were entertained by my wonderful sense of humor!!!

[gr8erdane]

Shoot Brian, and here we were all thinking you were having a good Blonde Moment.:slappin:

[pepcycle]

C'mon

There must be some difference between stolen vs "my own" bitters.

I personally prefer the flavor of someone else's stuff to my own.

Isn't that the Gazebo Principle?

:stickpoke:

[gr8erdane]

Ed, I agree wholeheartedly but only as long as someone doesn't bring USED bitters.....

[Ambernecter]

The only time I have sampled bitters was in a Bourbon Old Fashioned - pretty much the only other way I'll drink Bourbon apart from straight up, and only with a good/trusted cocktail barman making it.

The Bourbon Old Fashioned is normally made with orange, sugar syrup and bitters but I had a barman at the Marriott Hotel in London Heathrow, suggest I try it made with lime...

He said if I didn't like it with lime it was on the house - it really worked well. I may just have had another I forget now!