The Perfect BQE Recipe
A rye Manhattan split between sweet and dry vermouth, sharpened with green Chartreuse and a spoon of maraschino.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Coupe glass
- ABV: 29%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Rye whiskey60 ml (2 oz)
- Sweet red vermouth15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Dry vermouth15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Green Chartreuse7.5 ml (0.3 oz)
- Maraschino liqueur1 tsp
How to Make It
- Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir until well chilled and diluted.
- Strain into a chilled Nick & Nora or small coupe.
- Drop in a maraschino cherry.
Garnish
Maraschino cherry
The Story
Part of the family of Brooklyn-cocktail riffs named after corners of New York: BQE is the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway, and "perfect" signals equal sweet and dry vermouth.
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