Burning Manhattan On Fire cocktail
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Burning Manhattan On Fire
Burning Manhattan (fancy flaming version)
- Invented by Eric Christiansen to commemorate the burning man festival. Good on a hot day.
Ingredients
- 1 oz Stillhouse Moonshine Red Hot Whiskey 69 proof.
- 1 oz Knob Creek straight rye whiskey 100 proof.
- 1 barspoon Knob Creek select rye whiskey 115 proof or other overproof whiskey.
- 1/2 oz sweet vermouth.
- 1 oz maraschino cherry jar juice.
- 1 maraschino cherry.
- 1 dash of bitters.
- 1 sprinkle of cinnamon powder.
- 1 Lime wedge.
Glassware
Construction
- Add Red Hot Whiskey, straight rye, vermouth, cherry juice, and bitters to shaker with ice.
- Shake well to chill.
- Strain into a tempered glass lowball glass.
- Garnish with a maraschino cherry.
- Gently pour select rye over a spoon to layer a flammable floater on top of drink.
- Light the floater, sprinkle cinnamon over flame, blow out flame relatively quickly.
- Rim the glass with the lime wedge to cool it off.
- Enjoy drink. Warning: Glass rim may still be hot if flame is allowed to burn too long.
