 Hey guys, welcome back to my channel today. I'm gonna talk about crap. I forgot I have a new set Either I've Stanley Tucci on the brain or I'm still thinking about a request from my subscriber Adam But I feel like doing another video about vermouth today I'm going to try three different sweet vermouths make three Manhattan's and decide which vermouth in my humble opinion makes the best cocktail Because here's the thing I love vermouth and people think they don't like it, but that's not true They just haven't had the opportunity to try it properly when I was bartending at my first real restaurant job One of my favorite things to do when I met someone who said they didn't like vermouth was to give them a vermouth flight I'd give people three different vermouths talk them through each and when they tried it they loved it So what is vermouth? Very quickly vermouth is an aromatized fortified wine a producer will take neutral wine at alcohol then macerate the wine the alcohol Or both with their proprietary blend of herbs roots and bark and maybe add sugar Interestingly sweet and dry vermouths both begin life as the same neutral wine and as wines They do oxidize and should be kept in the fridge Driver moves should be used within a week with sweets keeping a few weeks longer for what it's worth I found vermouths hiding in my fridge that are over a year old and they're still drinkable. They're just not as good vermouth number one martini Also called martini and Rossi Wonderful. This is pretty standard stuff great on the rocks or in cocktails next up punty mess, which is slightly more on the bitter side I really enjoy the bitterness and punty mess I'm probably more likely to drink this on the rocks as opposed to the martini some really good raisin flavors in there too And now the granddaddy carpano Very robust flavor cherry vanilla doesn't make a believer out of anyone now Let's make some manhattan's I used the same recipe for all three of these the only difference is the vermouth to mix things up I'll taste them in reverse order carpano first. Oh, and I didn't garnish them because why would I manhattan with carpano antica? Cheers Yeah, this is great But the carpano is totally the star of the show all those cherry and vanilla notes are punching right through and now the punty mess I love the color of this one This is terrific. It's very complex The punty mess does in its own way kind of overtake the drink though I would recommend this to Manhattan veterans because the punty mess adds a welcome complexity. It was a very good drink and now the martini This is the most balanced when I think of what a manhattan is supposed to be I think of this and this one may not be the best But it probably is my favorite and you don't have to have all these ingredients around to try these drinks Just go to a bar where the bartenders wearing a bow tie or suspender or sleep garters and tell me want a manhattan with Punty mess or a carpano or whatever just don't ask for a shaken bonus manhattan I remember carpano being a better fit for bourbon manhattan's and that memory holds true This is the same drink but with bonded bourbon instead of rye and while I prefer rye this delivers This was a fun little experiment It reminds me when I was being trained to bartend and the guy training me made me make nine or so manhattan's with different combinations of spirits and vermouth's if you liked it hit like consider subscribing if you Haven't already and if there's something you think I should try let me know in the comments Stay safe all the vice professionals and please don't ask me to drink another manhattan anytime soon