Ep. 75 – Lost spirit and forgotten cocktail – The Brooklyn Cocktail

Don’t sleep on the Brooklyn cocktail! This riff on a Manhattan is a classic that deserves some attention. However, there is a small problem to overcome. A primary ingredient cannot be found here in the US and there is no way to make the original, until now. Uncle Brad gives us a great stand-in recipie, with a Jules riff of course, and teaches us how to make the Amer Picon that made this drink so magical – so stick around for todays history lesson for that recipe.  

Brooklyn Cocktail (today’s version and most commonly accepted) 

Chill a coupe glass 

In your mxing glass add: 

• 2 oz Rye whiskey 
• 1 oz Dry vermouth 
• ¼ oz Maraschino liqueur 
• ¼ oz China China (unless you’ve smuggled Amer Picon from France) 

Brooklyn recipe, OG style according to David Wondrich 

• 1 ½ oz Straight Rye, 100 proof 
• 1 ½ oz Italian sweet vermouth (Bordiga Rosso) 
• 1/6 oz Amer Picon (see recipe for Amer Boudreau) 
• 1/6 oz Maraschino liqueur  
• 1/3 oz chilled water 

Amer Boudreau 

3 bottles of Amaro Ramazzotti 

7.5 cups orange tincture (see recipe) 

9 oz of Stirrings Blood Orange Bitters 

750 ml Evian water 

Place all ingredients into a contain, stir, and cover. 

Allow to sit for 1 week 

Filter and bottle 

Keep excess refridgerated 

Orange Tincture 

2 liter ball jars 

Fill to 375 ml line with dried orange peel 

Add 1 bottle (750 ml) of 100 proof vodka to each jar (1 bottle per jar) 

Let sit for 2 months 

Strain and filter into storage container or use in Amer Boudreau above 

TIP: Kimberwee1 – asked for more tips on making drinks for parties 

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