Today�s video features a Manhattan Cocktail variation courtesy of our friends at Punch Media and Tamworth Distilling. The Chocorua and Sierra Fig Manhattan is its name and it�s made Tamworth�s Chocorua Rye Whiskey and their Art in the Age...
Today�s video features a Manhattan Cocktail variation courtesy of our friends at Punch Media and Tamworth Distilling. The Chocorua and Sierra Fig Manhattan is its name and it�s made Tamworth�s Chocorua Rye Whiskey and their Art in the Age Sierra Fig Cordial which we reviewed earlier this year.
Here�s a bit more information about each spirit along with the cocktail recipe:
Chocorua Straight Rye: Chocorua is a straight rye whiskey, made from a single crop of organic rye grain from Maine distilled in the sour mash style. The result is a cherry-like nose and depth accented by the rye�s peppery kick.
Smooth, hay-like notes open up as they warm on the tongue, joined by fruity sweetness reminiscent of apple and pear. This is an excellent sipping whiskey, with only a mild heat, light bitterness, and medium length finish. From beginning to end, Chocorua embodies our scratch made ethos: local, house-milled grain, pure water, and herbs and botanicals from the woods as well as our garden.
AITA Sierra Fig Cordial: Our Sierra Fig Cordial captures the true flavor of a whole fig. The Sierra variety was picked for its balance of light molasses notes and bright, wildflower honey aromatics, and was sourced from a family farm in Madeira County, CA. The flavors were double-extracted into Tamworth�s house-made neutral spirit, and finished with rhubarb root and damiana leaf to amplify bitter cocoa and nut flavors as well as floral and fruit aromas, creating the impression of a full, intact fig.
Chocorua and Sierra Fig Manhattan Recipe
2 oz. Chocorua Straight Rye
.75 oz. AITA Sierra Fig Cordial
2 dashes Aromatic Bitters
Luxardo Cherry
Method: Add ingredients to a mixing glass. Stir and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with Luxardo Cherry.
We don�t know about you, but we immediately started salivating when we read this recipe, mostly because it�s basically wish fulfillment because we figured the Sierra Fig Cordial would kick all kinds of ass in a Manhattan. To find out if all of our wishes indeed came true, click play on the following video:
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Many thanks to�Punch Media�for sending us this very generous sample!
