“Old Waldorf Bar Days” by Albert Stevens Crockett was one of the great books of the 1930`s. The bar of the Old Waldorf hotel was the social meeting place in NYC at that time, but unfortunately the hotel itself had to make room for a new icon of New York City – The Empire State Building.
The Sherman Cocktail, found in Crockett`s book is essentially a twist on the classic Manhattan with the addition of absinthe and two types of bitters.
The Sherman Cocktail
Ingredients:
60 ml (2 oz) Rye or Bourbon Whiskey
30 ml (1 oz) Sweet Vermouth
3 dashes absinthe
1 dash The Bitter Truth Aromatic Bitters
1 dash The Bitter Truth Orange Bitters
Instructions:
Stir with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
