Metropolitan, et al

I like the name of this cocktail. It sounds like a forerunner of the Manhattan and suggests a certain modernity in the drinker. It also has a number of siblings that I intend to represent in a single post. I do this because the recipes are so similar that it makes no sense to treat them differently and because I don't want to drink that much brandy.

Some of these differ only in name from each other and some require only a little more or less vermouth. I really enjoyed the Metropolitan with Carpano Antica and Courvoisier VS. Cognac tends to be so smooth that the Antica Formula has a way of keeping the drink interestingly bitter and sweet throughout.

Since there are so many recipes below, I challenge anyone to do them with different vermouths and brandies to mark the different results.
Metropolitan

• 2 oz brandy
• 1 oz. sweet vermouth
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• dash Angostura bitters

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Brandy Manhattan

• 2 oz brandy
• 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
• cherry
• dash Angostura bitters

Combine all ingredients except cherry in a mixing glass with ice. Stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with the cherry

Brandy Vermouth Cocktail

• 2 oz brandy
• 1 oz. sweet vermouth
• dash Angostura bitters

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Carrol Cocktail

• 2 oz brandy
• 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
• maraschino cherry

Combine all ingredients except cherry in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry.

Charles Cocktail

• 2 oz brandy
• 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
• 3-5 dashes Angostura bitters

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

 Sink of Swim

• 2 oz brandy
• 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
• 3-5 dashes Angostura bitters

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.