Southern Comfort

Ingredients

• the three listed ingredients, plus cracked ice and a cherry inherited through the instruction to mix as an ordinary Manhattan
• 1 jigger (1½ oz) Southern Comfort
• Dash of Angostura bitters (optional)

Directions

1. Mix the same as a ordinary Manhattan, whose visible method says to stir with cracked ice until thoroughly chilled, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve with cherry.

Timing

• until thoroughly chilled

Temperature

• cracked ice; thoroughly chilled

Equipment

• jigger or ounce measure, mixing glass, stirring utensil, cracked ice, strainer, cocktail glass, and cherry-garnishing tool

Notes

• But the combination of dry vermouth and the superb taste of Southern comfort makes all the difference in the world.