The Slope

  4.0 – 1 reviews  • Liqueur Recipes
When it comes to cocktails, it’s hard to improve on a Manhattan. But with the Slope, Julie Reiner has done it. Like a Manhattan with a Brooklyn vibe, it’s served up at her groundbreaking Brooklyn bar, Clover Club, and now, of course, at your home.
Level: Easy
Total: 5 min
Active: 5 min
Yield: 1 serving
Level: Easy
Total: 5 min
Active: 5 min
Yield: 1 serving

Ingredients

  1. 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  2. 3/4 ounce sweet vermouth, Punt e Mes preferred
  3. 1/4 ounce apricot liqueur, Orchard brand preferred
  4. 2 1/2 ounces rye whiskey, Bulleit preferred
  5. Ice cubes
  6. 1 maraschino cherry, or more to your liking, Luxardo brand preferred

Instructions

  1. In a mixing glass, add Angostura bitters, sweet vermouth, apricot liqueur, and rye whiskey. Fill with ice and stir, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Reviews

Dawn Strickland
The Punt e Mes is a little too bitter. Next time I’d try 50/50 Punt e Mes/Carpano Antica Formula, or simply less Punt e Mes and let the two other main ingredients shine through a little more. Or maybe it doesn’t need the Angostura aromatic bitters.

 

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