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It is a classic cocktail: elegant, simple, tasty, strong, and also quite viril with the right-to-right suspicion of subtle sweetness. Yes, I'm talking about Manhattan, Martini's cousin of Bourbon. But what is the best way to do one? For that, we recorded one of my favorite guards of all time,TARIN FASANO ofThe spotted pig, based in (where else?) The west village of Manhattan.

According to Fasano, the perfectly perfect Manhattan offers a combination of sweet and dry vermouth, which makes this version slightly less soft than your average manhattan, but much more balanced. Bonus: Its choice of adding Carpano Antica lends its beautiful chocolate and burn orange notes. Feel free to garnish a touch of lemon instead of a cherry - someone can be forgiven not having a constant supply of Maraschino cherries by hand, but you know the old adage: everything is better .. . "With a cherry on the top!"

Here's how to do the perfect Manhattan perfectly perfect. And for more cocktail advice, here isHow do real men make a martini.

Ingredients:

• 2 ozRittenhouse Seize Whiskey
• 1 Dash Angostoura Bitters
• O.5 ozCarpano Antica Vermouth
• Vermouth dried by 0.5 oz DOLIN
• Cherry of Luxardo Maraschino For garnish

Instructions:

Cool a glass of whipping the freezer for at least 5 minutes. Shake the whiskey and the two vermouths in a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice. Filter in a cold glass glass. Add the dashboard of the bitters and garnish with a cherry from Luxardo Maraschino.

Shana Wall is a certified sommelier, cellar consultant and a contributory publisher forBest life magazine. To follow herInstagramor the crown in Shana @BestLifeMag.com.For more advice on life better life,Follow us on Facebook now!