Woodford Reserve and Esquire Magazine seek the Manhattan Experience

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Woodford Reserve, the renowned Kentucky bourbon, is teaming up with Esquire Magazine and scouring the US for the next great Manhattan-style cocktail. With bartending competitions in New York, Houston, Louisville and Seattle, the recent NY judging for bartenders on Sept 21 was led by none other than the legendary and incredibly kind Dave Wondrich, author, Esquire spirits writer and the creator of the Esquire Manhattan, and Chris Morris, master distiller of Woodford Reserve. Esquire Magazine is teaming up with Woodford Reserve in what they call the Manhattan Experience, and you the consumer are invited to submit their recipes through Nov. 30th on the site, where the top prize winner receives a trip to Manhattan and second and third place winners will receive cool prizes!

Esquire Manhattan featuring Woodford Reserve by Dave Wondrich
2 oz. Woodford Reserve bourbon
1 oz. Cinzano red vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 dash Pernod 68 absinthe
Stir well with plenty of cracked ice. Strain into chilled cocktail glass and twist a swatch of thin-cut lemon peel over the top.

The first leg of the series was held in NYC on September 21 at Avenue. Five NY bartenders competed; Colin Maxwell, Soi Cheever (who filled in for Nicolas Bouriache), Thomas Tripoulas, Shawn Sugrue and Elizabeth Cho. Shawn Sugrue won the competition with his cocktail, the Perfect FIGure. Congratulations Shawn! Shawn, along with the bartenders who win in other cities across the country, will be featured in an upcoming ad in Esquire. Cheers!

Perfect FIGure by Shawn Sugrue
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
3/4 oz dry vermouth
3/4 oz zinfandel port
1 3/4 oz woodford reserve
Dash of blood orange bitters

Stir and strain into martini glass, and garnish with fig.

For more info: Woodford Reserve
Esquire Magazine
The Manhattan Experience
 

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