Red Hook
The Red Hook is a bitter spirit-forward cocktail made with Rye Whiskey, Punt e Mes and Maraschino Liqueur. It is stirred and served in a Nick & Nora glass, about 30% ABV.
- Method
- Stirred
- Glass
- Nick & Nora glass
- Served
- Martini
- Strength
- About 30% ABV
- Family
- Spirit-forward
- Flavour
- Bitter
- Listed in
- Difford's Guide Hall of Fame
Ingredients
- 50mlRye Whiskey
- 15mlPunt e Mes
- 10mlMaraschino Liqueur
How to make it
- Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled Nick & Nora glass.
- Garnish with a cocktail cherry.
Tip: Stir with plenty of cold, hard ice for 20 to 30 seconds. You want it chilled and silky, not cloudy.
About the Red Hook
Created by Enzo Errico at Milk & Honey in New York in the early 2000s, one of a wave of riffs on the Brooklyn cocktail named after Brooklyn neighbourhoods.
Missing something?
- No Rye Whiskey? Use Bourbon (Softer and sweeter than rye's spice)
- No Rye Whiskey? Use Jim Beam Bourbon (A bourbon: softer and sweeter than rye)
- No Punt e Mes? Use Sweet Vermouth (Less bitter; add a dash of Angostura)
- No Maraschino Liqueur? Use Kirsch (Dry cherry spirit; add a little simple syrup)
All swaps for Rye Whiskey and Maraschino Liqueur
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