I'll join you in a Manhattan cocktail please.
My Daddy never drank Manhattans between Memorial day and Labor day. That was Martini season. After Labor Day, the Gin bottle (always gin, no vodka for Dad - Beefeaters) was put away and out came the bourbon, the vermouth, the bitters, and the simple syrup, and it was Manhattans until next summer. No variations or deviations. Not that he wouldn't drink beer or wine. But when it came to cocktails, that was the iron clad rule. I hadn't thought about that in a long time. That was a different America.