Rye Recipe
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Ingredients
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Cocktail Base
Garnish
Optional
Method
Prepare Glass
Chill glass
Place a rocks glass or coupe in the freezer or fill with ice water to chill while you build the cocktail.
Mix the Cocktail
Combine ingredients
Add 2 oz rye whiskey, 0.75 oz sweet vermouth, and 2 dashes aromatic bitters to a mixing glass.
Add ice
Fill the mixing glass with enough ice to come near the top (about 1 cup packed ice) so the drink chills and dilutes properly.
Stir
Stir the mixture briskly for 20–30 seconds (about 20–30 full strokes) until well chilled and slightly diluted. The exterior of the mixing glass should become frosty.
Strain & Garnish
Prepare serving glass
Discard the ice water from the chilled glass (if used) and, if using a rocks glass, add a single large ice cube. If serving up, no ice is needed.
Strain
Double-strain or use a Hawthorne/ julep strainer to pour the stirred cocktail from the mixing glass into the chilled serving glass.
Express orange oil
Hold an orange peel over the glass and give it a firm twist to express the oils over the surface of the drink, then rub the peel around the rim and drop it in (or discard if you prefer).
Garnish with cherry
Skewer one brandied or maraschino cherry and place it in the glass alongside the orange peel.
Serve
Serve immediately while cold. Savor slowly — the rye-forward spirit-forward cocktail is meant to be sipped.