welcome friends welcome back to
cocktails after dark today we're going
to do something that's called the 212
which is just a take on a manhattan and
we're going to be using cognac but i'm
going to do it two ways
i'm going to use a top shelf cognac
and i'm going to use a local brandy
to us here in toronto and that's this
one and it's made by uh the same
distiller that makes forty creek whiskey
so if you're familiar with forty creek
whiskey you should be familiar with what
john hall does
and how great his products really are
and i'm also using a local vermouth
this is made down in niagara as well
so
same amount in both mixing glasses
i'm going to use angle stir bitters but
you know there might be other bitters
that you like
both of these
get ice
and a stir
okay
got a couple of coop glasses with ice
they should be chilled right down so do
you remember which is which
this one is the local brandy
and
this one is the top shelf cognac
and both of these get a ridiculously
expensive cherry
as a garnish
the two one two
a cognac brandy take on hey friends the
manhattan
okay so okay
uh
top shelf
sort of middle of the way local brandy
john's stuff okay so
all right well i'm in let's give it a go
okay
i think the challenge is that i'm not a
flavor of this particular drink
the 212 is not something i i'm not
really fond of either of them
no they're not for me it's not it's not
something i i'm enjoying
they're equally disappointing
that's
strange but you know that's okay
because
everybody you know
it's it's like anything your combination
of flavors is personal to you it's just
not on my palate something that i would
want um
there's not a whole lot of sweetness
there in fact there's no sweetness at
all is there no finding quite bitter
there is there is a bitter flavor
um but i don't think that either one of
these stands out as this one's better
than this one or that one's better than
that i don't
i don't see
i think the vermouth takes over doesn't
it
yeah
neither of us are a big fan of the two
one two
and i ended up i wasted two
unbelievably expensive marijuana
cherries on this
you know they might need them i should
have just used the yellow label
maraschino cherries and here's the thing
people go to town when i use these on
camera people go to town
in the comment section ripping me apart
because i use cheap cherries
these are unbelievably expensive
and they're not easy to get like they're
not this is in every supermarket this is
a special trip for me to get them
i i just don't i don't know all of those
things the special trip the cost all
those things it's not worth it to you
but to some people it might be worth
someone it is the peas like depending
upon the drink it is the drink
so i think the combination of the extra
cost the extra effort to go and find
them and all of those things sometimes i
just
if i want to impress somebody and i want
to feel really big i'll use the luxardo
cherries if i'm just making something
for myself
i've got the no-name cherries i'm happy
with that so clearly for your friends
you went all out yeah i go all out for
for you guys
do you like cognac based cocktails
i mean i kind of enjoyed the sazerac we
did a little while ago with with the
with the cognac so perhaps you like
cooking with cognac i love cooking with
cognac yes
so maybe this uh this cocktail just
isn't for us
give it a try thanks for stopping by see
you again soon
you