Chocorua and Sierra Fig Manhattan Review

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!