I wanted to introduce The Brooklyn Cocktail as an accompaniment to the Manhattan, which I detailed a week ago. While The Brooklyn isn’t nearly as famous as its companion, it’s still a reward for the whiskey-bred tongue. Amer Picon is the widely preferred brand of bitters to use in the Brooklyn, but it is not widely available.

If you start getting shit for drinking your cocktail out of a martini glass, kindly ask the offender what they’re drinking, chances are they’re drinking a Long Island. If this is so, gently remind them that their drink gets the name because it makes people forget that they’re in Long Island, yet it makes them feel like they’ve woken up with a Long Island girl the following morning. (I’m kidding.)

Stay classy.

(Also, Brooklyn map from Ork Posters)