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Originally Posted by Gattigap
I am land-grant, football-factory institution enough to admit that I don't think I've ever had a Manhattan, or appreciate what vermouth does to it. So how does vermouth screw up a Manhattan, anyway?
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Your traditional manhattan (the cocktail, not the Island) is bourbon and sweet vermouth. Some add a dash of Peychaud or Langostura bitters. I don't; that would be more than halfway to an old-fashioned. A "perfect" manhattan is made with dry vermouth. Dry vermouth is to bourbon as shit is to, well, anything you'd want to put in your mouth.
