Whiskey Cocktails: Rye Whiskey

Remember the Maine

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Ingredients

2.25 oz. Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey

0.5 oz. Noilly Prat Sweet Vermouth

3 dashes Vieux Pontarlier Absinthe

1 barspoon Cherry Heering

Garnish

Lemon twist

Preparation

Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass and add ice. Stir 25-35 times. Strain into a glass. If serving with ice, use a coupe glass. If serving without ice, use a flute. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Cocktail Story

Remember the Maine is a most regal cocktail, named after the rhyme “Remember the Maine, to Hell with Spain,” commemorating the U.S.S. Maine which sunk off the coast of Havana in 1889 following a mysterious explosion. Most closely resembling a rich, cherry-flavored Manhattan, the cocktail is connected to yet another grand historical event: Charles H. Baker noted drinking it at Havana’s Hotel Nacional in 1933 during the first firing shots of the Cuban Revolution.