Monday Classics: The Brooklyn Cocktail
Nearly everyone is familiar with the ever-popular Manhatten cocktail, made with rye whiskey, sweet Vermouth, and Angostura bitters, but it may come as a surprise to some of you that it is actually 1 of 5 cocktails named after each of the New York City boroughs. It certainly surprised me. The first reference to the Brooklyn cocktail in print can be found in J.A. Grohusko’s Jack’s Manual back in 1908. The original recipe kept the rye whiskey and sweet vermouth that’s in the Manhatten, but …