Name: Constantine
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Vermouth - Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino); 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 1.25 ml Absinthe verte (green); 2 Orange bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Luxardo Maraschino cherry

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

2 fl oz	Gin
3/4 fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1/4 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1/24 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
Loading... Servings

Read about cocktail measures and measuring.

World Coconut Day

The name coconut comes from 'coco', the Portuguese word for head or skull, and despite the name, is a fruit rather than a nut.

Porn Star Martini Day

What would be the most befitting date in the year for such an auspicious event as Porn Star Martini Day? The answer, with every possible pun intended,

National Chocolate Milkshake Day

Frothy, creamy, sweet and indulgent. The chocolate milkshake is indeed a marvellous thing. And today we celebrate this yummy treat as it's National Chocolate

National Cachaça Day

September 13th is celebrated as Dia Nacional da Cachaça (National Cachaça Day) in Brazil so by extension also in other countries, although this should

Rum Punch Day

Whether you're a collector of antique punch bowls, a fully-fledged punch anorak, or just a casual dabbler, the original spirits-based mixed drink, punch,

World Paloma Day

It's Paloma's birthday and World Paloma Day, which both fall on this day, incredibly apt as it's also International Day of Peace.

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

View readers' comments

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

More cocktails with similar booziness and sweet/dry/sourness

Review:

A Martinez with pleasing aniseed notes from absinthe.

History:

A classic, published in the 1933 book Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars, brought to my attention and rejuvenated by Jason E. Clapham of St. Edward's MCR at Oxford, England.

CONSTANTINE
2/3 Gin
Dash Green Absinthe
Dash Maraschino
2 Dashes Italian Vermouth
2 Dashes Orange Bitters
Glass No.2. Shake. [Glass No.2 is a stemmed 3oz cocktail glass similar to a Nick 7 Nora.
Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars, 1933

More cocktails by Jason E. Clapham

Nutrition:

One serving of Constantine contains 188 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
28.13% alc./vol. (56.26° proof)
25.8 grams of pure alcohol

More Short & stirred cocktails
More Spirit-forward cocktails
More Nightcap/sipping cocktails

Difford's Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

Previous Cocktail
Darb

Next Cocktail
B-Side

Join the Discussion

... comment(s) for Constantine

You must log in to your account to make a comment.

Constantine

Serve in a

Garnish: