PDT’s Manhattan preserves source, ratio, technique, and service

Annotation

Demonstrates versioned provenance and a bounded form. The attribution is the source’s documented claim, not independently verified priority.

Challenges Claims

Citations

Meehan — Manhattan specification — PDF sheet 169

Context

Attributed historical specification used at PDT.

Excerpt ID

254

Excerpt Text

The Manhattan record supplies a rye-vermouth-bitters ratio, stirring and strained service, garnish, and attribution to O. H. Byron’s 1884 Modern Bartender’s Guide while distinguishing the specification from certainty about the drink’s exact origin.

Literature Notes

Versioned cocktail specifications and controlled technique — Meehan

Locator End

Locator Start

PDF sheet 169

Locator Type

Page

Originating Working Notes

Page (text)

Source

No access

Source Section

Cocktails — Manhattan

Supports Claims

Bourbon cocktails are best explained as flexible forms, not fixed recipesCocktail recipes should be treated as versioned specifications

Tags

Cocktails and ServiceSensory and FlavorAmerican Whiskey Styles

Verification Notes

Checked in local PDF sheet 169 on 2026-08-25.

Verification Status

Verified

Evidence

The Manhattan record supplies a rye-vermouth-bitters ratio, stirring and strained service, garnish, and attribution to O. H. Byron’s 1884 Modern Bartender’s Guide while distinguishing the specification from certainty about the drink’s exact origin.

Location and context

Locator: Local PDF sheet 169

Section: Cocktails — Manhattan

This is an attributed historical specification used at PDT.

Annotation

The passage demonstrates versioned provenance and a bounded cocktail form. Its attribution is the book’s documented claim, not independently verified historical priority.

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