Recipe: Velvet Touch

Should you’re like me, you drink loads of Manhattans. Or not less than loads of variations on the Manhattan. I imply, there’s a cause this cocktail has remained in our cultural lexicon for practically 150 years, amirite? I’m all the time searching for new takes on this everlasting basic, the simpler the higher. And so they don’t get a lot simpler than Dave Castillo’s Velvet Contact.

The concoction was dropped at life lately at Dave’s Truss & Twine in Palm Springs, California and options little greater than a intelligent variation on the sweet vermouth element in a typical Manhattan. Rather than Dolin or Antica Formula, Dave makes use of grappa-based Amaro Nonino with a bit of Pedro Ximenez to create a layer of citrus, licorice, darkish raisin, and a little bit of chocolate, all of which pair completely with a wholesome jigger of cocktail-proof (100 or higher) rye whiskey. You don’t even have to trouble with the bitters! Thank me later.

Velvet Contact
2 oz. rye whiskey
¾ oz. Amaro Nonino Quintessentia
¼ oz. Pedro Ximenez sherry

Mix all substances in a mixing glass over ice and stir till well-chilled. Pressure into a relaxing coupe and garnish with an expressed orange peel.

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Drew Beard

Drew Beard is Assistant Editor and Social Media Supervisor for Drinkhacker. He has studied and written about beer, whisk(e)y, and different spirits since he first began consuming them, incomes a number of booze-related benefit badges alongside the way in which, together with Licensed Specialist in Spirits and Government Bourbon Steward. A recovering Federal authorities worker, he’s glad to have lastly discovered a profession the place it’s acceptable to drink on the job.