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What is the Absinthe Drip?
The “absinthe drip” is like the ritual but you can get by without the equipment or the fancier absinthe preparation. The flavor changes a bit because you add ice and carbonated soda to the mix a lot earlier.
Pour an ounce of absinthe into a mixing glass loaded with crushed ice, making sure the ice level is above the absinthe. Place a sugar cube on top then (very) slowly drip soda ice water over the mixing glass until the sugar is dissolved. Stir together, then strain into a cocktail glass or highball.
Absinthe Cocktail Recipes
From my experience, if you aren’t drinking via the traditional absinthe ritual (or setting a sugar cube aflame), using the liqueur as part of a cool cocktail is the way to go. Absinthe is fantastic when playing an ensemble part, melding its flavor rather than dominating the other ingredients, working well in a range of nifty solo recipes.
1. Corpse Reviver No. 2
As a parent with two small boys under five (who no longer enjoys being lit on fire), I could probably enjoy this “hangover cure” most mornings for breakfast, plus, I’m drawn to anything called a Corpse Reviver.
The wild card in this classic cocktail is absinthe, but it takes the recipe to another level and the high alcohol content works well at keeping you together.
Ingredients
- 1 oz gin (I recommend Plymouth gin)
- 1 oz Cointreau
- 1 oz Lillet Blanc
- 1 oz lemon juice
- 1 dash absinthe (splash up to one ounce if you’re brave)
- Ice
Garnish: Orange peel
Method
Add gin, Cointreau, Lillet Blanc, lemon juice, and crushed ice to a cocktail shaker. Shake to blend. Add absinthe rinse (a rinse is pre-coating a chilled glass and removing excess) to a cocktail glass, then strain the mixture in. Garnish with an orange peel and serve.
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