Easy Black Walnut Old Fashioned or Manhattan Cocktail
If you're looking for unique cocktail recipes using black walnut bitters, this Black Walnut Old Fashioned is the perfect cozy fall cocktail and a great alternative to a classic old fashioned. It can be made with your favorite whiskey or bourbon and a few additional unique spirits, like black walnut bitters, that will make a great addition to your home bar. You can also make it a Black Walnut Manhattan if that better suits your taste.
Ingredients
For the Old Fashioned
- 1.5 oz bourbon
- 1 oz chocolate whiskey
- 6 dashes black walnut bitters
For the Manhattan
- ¾ oz sweet vermouth add this to the above
Garnishes
- orange peel for the Old Fashioned
- cherry
- cacao nibs & sugar for rimming the glass
Instructions
- Rim the rocks glass. Add cacao nibs and sugar to a blender and pulse until cacao nibs are fine. Add the mixture to a cocktail rimmer. Wet the rim of your glass and place it gently into the cacao nib and sugar mixture to rim the glass.
- Build the cocktail. In a cocktail mixing glass, add in bourbon, chocolate whiskey and 6-8 dashes of black walnut bitters, then add ice. Note if you are making the Manhattan you will also add the vermouth during this step.
- Stir. Stir the drink using a cocktail spoon and strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube for an Old Fashioned or simply strain into a chilled coupe glass for a Manhattan.
- Garnish. Garnish the old fashioned with a fresh orange peel & a cherry. If you're making the Manhattan, skip the orange peel & opt just for a cherry.
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