Location: T-Lounge, Sheraton Barra, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date: November 2016

Price: $29 Reals ($8.57 USD)

Recipe: Jim Bean White Label and Punt E Mes Vermouth

Garnish: Two maraschino cherries

Served: At room temperature... (?)

Comments: Maybe the worst hotel lobby bar Manhattan I have tried.  If I have to say something nice; at least it was cheap!

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Location: Vintaged, Hilton Hotel, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Date: October 2016

Price: $23 AUD ($17.48 USD)

Recipe: No clues given on menu

Garnish: Marschino Cherry

Served: Up

Comments: Best of the two Manhattan's I had on our Australian vacation.  Classic "hotel bar" taste and garnish.

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Location: The Fish House, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Date: October 2016

Price: $18 AUD ($13.68 USD)

Recipe: Colour (see picture) and taste suggest made with vermouth, not sweet vermouth. .

Garnish: Lemon peel

Served: Up

Comments: Not sure if making it with dry vermouth was bar error or house recipe… but it didn't work

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Location: Liquid, Atmosphere Kanifushi, The Maldives

Date: September 2016

Price: Free (as part of an all inclusive package)

Recipe: Equal parts bourbon and sweet vermouth

Garnish: Lemon peel

Served: Rocks

Comments: Not bad, my favorite garnish is the lemon peel and drinking this poolside "on the rocks" was the only way to go....

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Location: Roast, Borough Market, London, UK

Date: September 2016

Price: 16.50 GBP ( $ 21.94 USD)

Recipe: Crown Royal Special Reserve and mixed "perfect" with dry and sweet vermouth

Garnish: Black Cherry

Served: Up

Comments: I think the Canadian style  does not lend it self as well to Dry Vermouth.  I should have gone with a sweeter bourbon for balance.

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Location: Homemade, Galveston, Texas

Date: July 2016

Price: Free

Recipe: 2 x Forty Creek, 1 x Dolin sweet vermouth, 1 x Luxardo and Angostura bitters

Garnish: Black Cherry

Served: Up

Comments: I had a feeling that Forty Creek would work really well in this recipe, and it did.

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Location: Crows Nest, Capt Cook Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska

Date: July 2016

Price: $ 14.50

Recipe: Sazerac rye with sweet vermouth and almost obligatory Angostura bitters

Garnish: Maraschino Cherry

Served: Up

Comments: I like it when they offer me choice of bourbon or rye... esp. when rye is Sazerac.  Very nice.

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Location: Zatta Bar, Hilton Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Date: July 2016

Price: Ummm.... forgot to check

Recipe: Glenlivet 12 year old, Vermouth, Angostura Bitters

Garnish: Maraschino cherry

Served: Up

Comments: When is a Manhattan not a Manhattan?  When it is a Rob Roy ie made with Scotch... oh well

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Location: Hilton Americas Lobby Bar, Houston, Texas

Date: June 2016

Price: $ 15 ($20.40 SGD)

Recipe: Bulliet Rye based

Garnish: Black Cherry

Served: Rocks

Comments: Nice rye forward and not too sweet.  Also gave me choice of bourbon or rye...

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Location: Emirates Lounge, Changi Airport, Singapore

Date: June 2016

Price: Free (self made)

Recipe: Jim Beam, Martini Rossi, Angostura Bitters

Garnish: None

Served: Rocks

Comments: Noticed all ingredients available at the bar... so made a simple / classic  Manhattan for myself.

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