Ingredients

  • 2 ozrye whiskey
  • 0.75 ozsweet vermouth
  • 0.5 ozcherry heering
  • 1 barspoonabsinthe
  • 🍋brandied cherry(garnish)

🔧 Tools

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Instructions

  1. Garnish with a brandied cherry.
  2. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
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📜 History

This cocktail was named after the USS Maine which sank in 1898 sparking the Spanish-American War. It combines rye with cherry heering and absinthe.

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