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Stirred Classic

Slope

Brooklyn's Park Slope answer to the Manhattan — Punt e Mes and apricot.

Time

4 min

Difficulty

Easy

Glass

Coupe

Method

Stirred

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Slope cocktail served in a coupe — Brooklyn's Park Slope answer to the Manhattan — Punt e Mes and apricot.

The Method

How to make it

  1. 01

    Combine everything in a mixing glass with ice.

  2. 02

    Stir for twenty to twenty-five seconds, until the outside of the glass frosts.

  3. 03

    Strain into a chilled coupe.

  4. 04

    Garnish with a brandied cherry.

Bartender's Tip

Punt e Mes is doing double duty as vermouth and as amaro. If you only have regular sweet vermouth, use it plus a bar spoon of Campari or Amaro Montenegro to restore the bitter spine.

A Little History

One of the borough-named Brooklyn variations that came out of New York bars in the late 2000s — Red Hook, Greenpoint, Bensonhurst and the Slope all rework the same rye-and-vermouth frame. The Slope is credited to Julie Reiner's Clover Club, and it is the sweetest and most approachable of the family.

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