Brooklyn (perfect)

Name: Brooklyn (perfect)
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Rye whiskey — 45 ml (1 1/2 oz); Dry vermouth — 15 ml (1/2 oz); Rosso vermouth — 15 ml (1/2 oz); Amer Picon — 10 ml (1/3 oz); Maraschino liqueur — 10 ml (1/3 oz)

Stir ∙ 3 min ∙ 25.6% ABV ∙

The Brooklyn (perfect) is a stirred cocktail of rye whiskey, dry and sweet vermouth, Amer Picon and maraschino liqueur, served up in a cocktail glass.

Ingredients

Servings

Garnish

Instructions for 1 serving

Pre-chill a glass
Stir all ingredients with ice: Rye whiskey 45 mlDry vermouth 15 mlRosso vermouth 15 mlAmer Picon 10 mlMaraschino liqueur 10 ml
Fine strain into the chilled glass
Express a lemon twist over the cocktail and discard
Garnish with a maraschino cherry

Tips

Stir with plenty of ice for a full 30 seconds; stir too little and the drink tastes boozy and sharp.
Jigger the Amer Picon and maraschino, 10 ml each; let either one run over and it buries the rye.
Can't find Amer Picon? Use a small amount of Torani Amer or Bigallet China-China rather than leaving it out; without it the drink loses its bittersweet edge.

History

The Brooklyn (perfect) is the Brooklyn with its vermouth split between sweet and dry, the "perfect" convention common to whiskey-vermouth cocktails of the early 20th century. It keeps the rye whiskey, maraschino liqueur, and Amer Picon.

The Brooklyn is named for the New York City borough, and its first known printed recipe appeared in 1908 in bartender Jacob "Jack" Grohusko's Jack's Manual. That recipe called for Italian (sweet) vermouth. Dry vermouth came later, with Jacques Straub in 1913, and the dry form became standard, popularized by the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book.