Join us as we give our *HOT* takes on The City We Became and down a Smoked Manhattan. But before we get too far, here's our recipe for the Manhattan, courtesy of our friends over at Liquor.com:

2 parts whiskey

1 part sweet Vermouth

one dash Angostura bitters

For the smoked part, we used hickory chunks found in any fine purveyor of smoking wood for smokers. Simply light the wood on fire -- however you can do it, but we used a garden weed burner/ice melter -- let it stay lit for a few seconds, then, extinguish the wood by placing a glass over the top and smothering it. For this recipe, we left out the traditional cherry, since we we going for something less sweet.

As far as our take on the book, you'll just have to listen!