Midnight Cowboy
Smoked chocolate, raisin, Port and Vermouth, perfect complements to the rich notes of tobacco, leather and caramel of Michter's American Whiskey. A late night cocktail, this twist on the classic Manhattan is the ultimate after dinner sipper.
Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy Recipe
Glass
Coupette
Ingredients
45ml Michter’s US*1 Unblended American Whiskey
15ml Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
5ml Tawny Port 10yr
2 dashes Chocolate balsamic
1 dashes Chocolate bitters
Liquid smoke - Spray once or twice into your mixing glass.
Ice
Straight up
Method
Start by spraying the liquid smoke into your empty mixing glass, add ice, then stir until the glass is chilled and the liquid smoke is diluted. With a strainer pour out any liquid now in the glass. Add the rest of the ingredients into the mixing glass, fill with ice and stir until properly chilled and diluted. Strain whilst pouring into a chilled glass. Garnish.
* For your raisin steeped Michter's American Whiskey, simply add 130g of raisins and 70cl of whiskey into a large kilner jar, and leave to infuse for 24 hours. Filter out the raisins before using it.
Garnish
Raisins
Difficulty
Level 3 - Expert