Manhattan Cocktail

A hundred years after the Old-Fashioned, near the end of the 1800s, we find the Manhattan. In the second half of the 1800s cocktails began to really catch on, and bartenders were expanding both their repertoire of drinks and the palette of products at their disposal for making them. Simplicity of design, however, was still very much at the core of all drinks. The Manhattan appears to have come onto the scene about 1882, at which time it was mentioned that a cocktail made from just whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters was coming into vogue. It went by not only "Manhattan", but also "Turf Club Cocktail" and "Jockey Club Cocktail". The "Manhattan" moniker almost certainly comes from the Manhattan Club of New York, with the other clubs eager to have their names attached to the drink as well.