Organized Chaos - A Manhattan Plus Something

[slkinsey]

Gary's latest in the SF Chron shows how an interesting and uniquely different drink can be made when you add just as few changes to an old classic. In this case, it's a Manhattan plus a touch of Elisir M.P. Roux (a herbal liqueur with anise and a bunch of other botanicals) served on the rocks with a lemon wedge.

He calls the drink Organized Chaos:

2.0 oz : bourbon (Wild Turkey 101 specified)

1.5 oz : sweet vermouth (Noilly Prat specified)

0.5 oz : Elisir M.P. Roux

1 lemon wedge

Build in an ice-filled wine goblet. Squeeze lemon into drink and add for garnish.

[jparrott]

I sometimes make a manhattan-type thing with a drizzle of Campari in addition (or instead of) the bitters. Adds a certain savouriness. What to call it? A Little Italy? An Arthur Avenue?

[Rob Simmon]

A manhattan with Punt e Mes is also worthwhile ... with or without a few dashes of Angostura bitters. And even though it's sacrilegious, I usually add a splash of syrup from the maraschino cherries.