My Handcrafted Opinions on Whiskies, Distilleries and Other Related Stuff
The nose on 43.4% expression is very floral with some wheaty breakfast biscuits and spicy notes. The taste is very smooth with baked spiced apples (maybe even slightly burnt) caramel and honey. The finish has some slow building heat along with some Bovril (salty / meaty) notes. Reminded me of good Texas barbeque brisket with strong spice bark. Overall a ittle too much burnt, salty and bitter notes with not enough sweetness to balance it for me.
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Location: Roast, Borough Market, London, UK
Date: March 2017
Price: 12 GBP ($14.85 USD)
Recipe: Buffalo Trace, Dubonnet and Peychaud's bitters
Garnish: Mashed up Blackberries
Served: Up
Comments: Technically this was a little "off piste" as a Manhattan with blackberries and Dubonnet but I liked it....
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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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