Saratoga

A 19th-century split-base cocktail — equal measures of Cognac, rye whiskey, and sweet vermouth bound by Angostura bitters — that reads like a Manhattan with the warmth and dried-fruit depth of brandy folded in. It first appeared in print in Jerry Thomas's 1887 Bar-Tender's Guide and takes its name from Saratoga Springs, the Gilded Age resort and gambling town in upstate New York. Stirred and served up with an expressed lemon twist, it is brooding, spiced, and quietly potent.