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This Red Moon Over Manhattanrecipe is a red wine co*cktail that is delicious and creative! It’s a take on the classic bourbon co*cktail. Made with red wine, this drink will be a hit at your next party!
The Manhattan is one of the finest and oldest co*cktails around. It’s a classic co*cktail and sophisticated co*cktail. For this Red Moon Over Manhattan recipe, we’ve added a twist to it by incorporating red wine!
Much like vintage libations, red wine co*cktails also show a massive spike in popularity. And while a red wine in Manhattan may sound unique, it’s really tasty with a great flavor combination!
It’s the perfect mixed drink to get ready for all of that fall entertaining you’ll hopefully be doing!
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This drink is made for cozy nights at home with a movie or a good book. It’s sophisticated and smooth. The perfect red wine co*cktail to sip under a full moon.
How to make a Red Moon Over Manhattan co*cktail
Shake all of the ingredients together with ice for 20 seconds.
Rub the orange peel around the rim of the glass.
Add in the ice sphere and strain the co*cktail over the ice.
Scoop one cherry to place inside the drink and add two more on a twig or co*cktail stirrer to garnish the glass!r
Enjoy this new classic!
What is in a Red Moon Over Manhattan co*cktail?
A twist on a perfect Manhattan. This drink is made with red wine and bourbon and garnished with orange peel and a maraschino cherry. Here are the ingredients in this co*cktail:
The Manhattan drink is thought to have originated in the 1860s in a Manhattan Club in Manhattan! It is closely related to the Brooklyn co*cktail which uses dry vermouth instead of sweet vermouth. We call this co*cktail a manhattan too because it was inspired by the classic co*cktail.
A Red Wine co*cktail
This tasty co*cktail is so quick to make it’s great for serving your guests at a gathering. It is fairly low in calories, coming in at less than 150 calories a drink, so win-win! The color is so stunning it’s bound to stand out amongst the crowd!
Tips for Making a Red Moon Over Manhattan co*cktail
Don’t make these before the guests arrive, or the ice will dilute the drink.
Use one large ice cube rather than lots of small ones, it won’t melt as fast.
Shake the co*cktail shaker until it has turned ice cold.
Use whatever red wine is your favorite!
When to Serve a Red Wine co*cktail
This drink is great year-round. Sip it in the evening during happy hour or serve it on any of these occasions:
This would also make a wonderful Christmas co*cktail.
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Red Moon Over Manhattan co*cktail
A delicious twist on a classic co*cktail
4.35 from 55 votes
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Course: Drink
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutesminutes
Total Time: 5 minutesminutes
Servings: 1drink
Calories: 143kcal
Author: Eden
Ingredients
2 ozred wine
1/2ozbourbon
1/2ozsimple syrup
1large round ice sphere
3gourmet maraschino cherries
Instructions
Shake all of the ingredients together with ice for 20 seconds.
Rub orange peel around the rim of the glass.
Add in the ice sphere and strain the co*cktail over the ice.
Scoop one cherry to place inside the drink and add two more on a twig or co*cktail stirrer to garnish the glass!
Nothing wrong with Angostura, although other brands have a bit more character. My two essentials, which I swap according to mood, are Regan's Orange Number Five Bitters and Fee Brothers' Whiskey Barrel Aged Bitters.
Base Liquor: A Manhattan is typically made with rye whiskey, while an Old Fashioned is made with bourbon. Flavor Profile: The Manhattan has a bit of spice from the rye and a depth of flavor from vermouth, while the Old Fashioned is a bit sweeter and smoother, thanks to the bourbon and sugar.
The co*cktail is usually stirred with ice then strained into a chilled co*cktail glass and garnished traditionally with a maraschino cherry. A Manhattan may also be served on the rocks in a lowball glass.
When in doubt, know that a dash of bitters measures to be approximately 1/8 of a teaspoon and that you should start small. You can always add more as needed. A couple dashes of bitters go a long way.
Measured out in drops, using a precise, milliliter-dropper like the ones used to dispense medicine, a dash is about 10 single drops. Measured out in teaspoons, a dash would be 1/5 teaspoon, or as I discovered in my kitchen, between 1/8th teaspoon and 1/4 teaspoon.
However, there's no need to refrigerate bitters. Even though there are organic compounds in bitters, the amount of alcohol acts as a natural sterilizer and preservation agent. So, feel free to leave it on your bar cart or in your liquor storage cabinets without having to worry.
Some of the best co*cktail bitters available are Angostura, Regans' Orange, Peychaud's, Bittermens, and The Bitter Truth. A boom of commercially accessible bitters in myriad diverse tastes has accompanied the 21st-century co*cktail revolution. There are hundreds of different variations to pick from.
Another bitters substitute? Any type of Amaro, a family of Italian herbal liqueurs that taste bitter (amaro means bitter in Italian). It encompasses a wide range of spirits, including Campari and the super-bitter Fernet-Branca. Fernet is so strong, you only need to use a few drops.
“Dirty” because it involves the orange of an Old Fashioned as well as the cherry juice that is usually a ghost of a flavour from the cherry at the bottom of a Manhattan. These two elements combined add the sweetness of the drink and provide the “dirty” element, similar to the olive juice in a martini.
And while whiskey is the classic Old Fashioned base, you can substitute it with rum, brandy, applejack, reposado tequila, barrel-aged gin or genever. And instead of a simple syrup, use honey or small amount of liquor on the sweeter side, like an amaro.
If you like a sweeter drink, an Old Fashioned is probably your best bet, as it has a slightly sweeter flavor thanks to the pure sugar. (Though this definitely isn't a strawberry daiquiri—it still has a sharp and bitter side.) Thanks to the vermouth in it, a Manhattan will have wine-like flavors.
You have a touch of old-school charm, but a bit more courage than those who order an Old fashioned (the Manhattan's close cousin). This bourbon-based co*cktail – with its mix of whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters – reveals your appreciation for complex though balanced flavors.
A drink served "neat" is a single, unmixed liquor served without being chilled and without any water, ice, or other mixer. Neat drinks are typically served in a rocks glass, shot glass, snifter, Glencairn glass, or copita.
In every bar and distillery the term “on the rocks” means served with ice. So if you want to enjoy your whiskey with ice, “on the rocks” is the way to go.
A 2:1 ratio is a good starting point and the most common mix for the Manhattan. Many drinkers also like a 4:1 mix with just 1/2 ounce of sweet vermouth for 2 ounces of whiskey. Play around with this ratio to find your personal idea of the perfect Manhattan.
An Old Fashioned calls for two to three dashes of bitters—no more, no less—that are added to the glass once the sugar or simple syrup is in. While the amount seems small, having too many or too few dashes can dramatically change the taste makeup of the drink. The type and quality of bitters matters too.
However, they're used in such small quantities that the alcohol they add to a drink is nearly negligible. Adding 2 dashes bitters to a drink is ¼ teaspoon or 0.04 ounces.
We love the New Orleans bitters with lime, Orange bitters with lemon, Aromatic with either, and Lavender with lemon! Use as much or as little bitters as you prefer. 3-5 dashes in an 8-ounce glass is a good place to start, but you may find you prefer more or less depending on how strong a flavor you desire.
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