sunset park

2 oz Rye Whiskey (Old Overholt 86°)
1/2 oz Dry Vermouth (Noilly Prat)
1/2 oz Apricot Liqueur (Rothman & Winter)
2 dash Angostura Bitters

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a lemon twist.After my bar shift two Fridays ago, I opened up the Bartender's Choice app and found the Sunset Park. The recipe was crafted by Michael Madrusan at Manhattan's Milk & Honey circa 2009 as "a lighter, summery Manhattan inspired by Frank's Special (Frank Meier's 1934 combo of gin, dry vermouth, peach liqueur)" that he named after a neighborhood in Brooklyn. In the glass the Sunset Park welcomed the senses with a lemon, rye, apricot, and clove bouquet. Next, a semi-dry orchard fruit sip flowed into rye, bitter apricot, cinnamon, and allspice flavors on the swallow. Over all, it came across like a lighter Slope or less herbal-bitter Mulberry Bend.