Tim Gunn’s Favorite Drink – The Manhattan

Tonight is the premier of the sixth season of Project Runway.

Big changes have taken place – a new location [LA] and a new network [Lifetime] – but one constant is Tim Gunn. This silver fox continues to entertain and coax the best out of the contestants with his “Make it work”.

I thought that we should celebrate the new season of Project Runway with Tim Gunn’s favorite drink: The Manhattan on the rocks. Mix up a couple and enjoy the show.

The Manhattan on the Rocks

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 oz. Bourbon
• 1/4 oz. Sweet Vermouth
• 1/4 oz. Dry Vermouth
• dash Angostura Bitters
• Maraschino cherry
• ice

Directions:

Add ice to your cocktail shaker along with everything except your cherry. Shake for 30 seconds or until the shaker gets almost too cold to touch.

Strain into a Rocks glass that’s filled 1/2 way full with ice and garnish with a cherry.

Usually, for a Manhattan on the rocks, you just build your drink in the Rocks glass, but I prefer to shake it first to make sure that everything is well mixed. That, and I like to shake things in a cocktail shaker.

Enjoy and every time that you hear Tim Gunn say “Make it work”, take a drink.

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