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A bourbon cocktail with vampire teeth and garlic beside it

Van Helsing Takes Manhattan


  • Author: Zack Durkin

Description

A cocktail fit for a creature of the night.


Ingredients

Scale

For the Cocktail

  • 2 oz Wigle Whiskey Vampire Bourbon*
  • 1 oz Sweet Vermouth
  • .5 oz garlic simple syrup
  • Garlic clove to garnish

For the Garlic Simple Syrup

  • 4 – 5 medium cloves of garlic
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water

Instructions

For the Cocktail

  1. Pour all liquid ingredients into a mixing glass and add ice
  2. Stir for about 30 seconds
  3. Strain into your favorite stemmed glassware
  4. Garnish with garlic clove
  5. Enjoy

For the Simple Syrup

  1. Bring one cup of water to a boil
  2. Quarter garlic cloves and ad to the boiling water
  3. Cook over medium-high heat for 5 minutes
  4. Remove from heat and let cool for 2 minutes
  5. Add sugar and stir until dissolved
  6. Allow garlic to macerate for 30 minutes
  7. Once cooled, pour syrup through a mesh strainer into a storage container and store for up to 2 weeks in refrigerator

Notes

*Vampire Bourbon can be substituted for another red corn bourbon. High rye bourbons can be used as well. Both red corn and rye add spicy notes to the bourbon. This profile emulates the rye traditionally used in a Manhattan.