Cocktail

Bensonhurst

The Bensonhurst is a modern Brooklyn variation on the Manhattan — rye whiskey and dry vermouth stirred with a small measure of maraschino liqueur and Cynar, then strained up into a chilled coupe. Created in 2006 by New York bartender Chad Solomon, it swaps the sweet vermouth and cherry sweetness of a Manhattan for a drier, more bitter and herbal profile, taking its name from the Brooklyn neighbourhood in the same family as the Red Hook and the Greenpoint.

Bitter28% ABV

At a glance

Signature

Rye spice & Herbal

Cherry

Strength

Spirituous

28% ABV

Pale amber and served up, the Bensonhurst smells of dry rye spice and a faint marasca-cherry lift over the vegetal, herbal bitterness of Cynar and the wine-like dryness of dry vermouth. On the palate it is bracing and bone-dry — the maraschino contributes only a whisper of nutty-cherry sweetness against a savoury, artichoke-forward amaro bitterness — with peppery rye warmth, a herbaceous mid-palate and a long, gently bitter, herbal finish at around 28 percent alcohol in the glass.

Taste balance

SweetnessMedium

DrySweet

AciditySoft

SoftTart

BitternessMedium

SmoothBitter

StrengthStrong

LightStrong

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