If Martinis aren’t the drink for you, try “The Manhattan Project.”
• 2 ½ oz Santa Fe Spirits’ Silver Coyote Whisky – hard to get outside New Mexico, so substitute your favorite rye or bourbon
• ½ oz sweet vermouth
• ½ oz Chartreuse
• 2 dashes bitters (Angostura is the tradition)
Stir for 30 seconds with ice, strain into 2 chilled cocktail glasses. Garnish with a maraschino cherry – a real one, not the nasty kind made from enriched plutonium. If you can’t find a good brandied or fresh cherry, try an apple or pear slice.
Photo information and credit:
| Description | Shift change at the Y-12 uranium enrichment facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during the Manhattan Project. Notice the billboard: “Make CEW count — Continue to protect project information.” |
| Date | circa 1945 |
| Source | Ed Westcott / American Museum of Science and Energy |
| Author | Ed Westcott / US Army / Manhattan Engineer District |