Day 10: Garage Black Manhattan

Today I spent recovering from a truly epic hangover. I went to a Drunk History themed party last night and pre-made some cocktails to take with. One was a vodka drink, since I almost never drink vodka and have a ton of it in the house. I mostly drank bourbon all night but did have about half a glass of that vodka cocktail, and I really think that’s what did me in. I don’t think I’ll be using that brand again.

In any case, it should be obvious that I wasn’t really feeling like making a drink tonight. I decided I wanted to make something using the Rumble which I just acquired yesterday. Garage is a wonderful bar inside of an old valet station downtown. Their latest menu had the Black Manhattan, which has rapidly become one of my favorite drinks. Their recipe calls for rye, punt e mes, and Averna. The only rye I have in the house right now is Whistle Pig which I am loathe to use in mixed drinks too often (it’s usually more of a sipping whiskey), and I don’t have any punt e mes. So I substituted the Rumble and the Cocchi instead. The Rumble is nice in this drink, lending a bit more sweetness than a rye would. I definitely think I’ll make this variation again.