Rittenhouse Rye Recipe

Time7m

Serves1

(louisville, ky)

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Ingredients

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1
Chill glass
Place a rocks glass in the freezer for a few minutes or fill it with ice water to cool while you mix the drink.
2
Combine ingredients
Fill a mixing glass with large ice cubes. Pour in 2 oz Rittenhouse Rye, 1 oz sweet vermouth, and add 2 dashes of Angostura bitters.
3
Stir
Using a bar spoon, stir the mixture briskly but smoothly for about 20–30 seconds (roughly 20–30 full rotations) until the drink is well chilled and slightly diluted.
4
Prepare glass
Discard the ice or water from the chilled rocks glass. If you like, add one or two large ice cubes to the glass.
5
Strain
Strain the stirred mixture into the chilled rocks glass over the ice (or neat if you prefer no ice).
6
Garnish & express
Hold an orange peel over the glass and give it a quick squeeze/pinch to express the oils over the surface, then rub the peel rim on the glass and drop it into the drink as garnish.
7
Serve
Serve immediately. Sip and enjoy the spicy, rye-forward Manhattan-style cocktail inspired by Louisville's appreciation for classic whiskey drinks.

8
If you do not have a mixing glass, use a cocktail shaker without shaking (add ice and stir in the shaker). A julep strainer or Hawthorne strainer may be used when pouring.