Bulleit Rye Cocktails

These are the four cocktails served at the Bulleit Rye launch party in San Francisco. There were multiple bars running until last call. They brought out a mix of classic and contemporary cocktails for us.

Manhattan

• 2 oz Bulleit Rye
• 1 oz Carpano Antica
• 3 dashes Angostura bitters

Prepared traditionally by stirring in ice untill thouroughly chilled. strained, and served in a martini glass with either lemon zest or a cherry. That night we had brandied cherries, but a maraschino will work.

Presbyterian

• 2 oz Bulleit Rye
• 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
• 3/4 oz ginger syrup
• Soda 

Stir rye, lime juice and ginger syrup together over ice in a highball glass and top with the soda. Garnish with a lime wedge and candied ginger. 

Manna-Hata

A new twist on the Manhattan

• 1 1/2 oz Bulleit Rye
• 3/4 oz Benedictine
• 3/4 oz Aperol

Prepared like a manhattan, by stirring in ice untill thouroughly chilled. Strain, and serve in a martini glass with orange zest.

Blasphemy

Aptly named reformation of the Presbyterian. This is the first successful use of maple syrup in a cocktail I've run into.

• 2 oz Bulleit Rye
• 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 oz maple syrup
• 1 oz apple juice
• 3/4 oz Galliano
• Soda

Stir rye, juices, syrup and Galliano together in a highball glass and top with soda. Garnish with a lemon wheel and bruised mint sprig.