Name: Wink
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 10 ml Absinthe; 60 ml Gin; 7.5 ml Triple sec; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 Creole bitters

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1/3 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1/4 fl oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
POUR absinthe into ice-filled glass.
TOP with chilled water and set to one side.
Separately, SHAKE other ingredients with ice.
DISCARD contents of glass (absinthe, water and ice).
FINE STRAIN cocktail into empty absinthe-coated glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and discard.

Review:

Reminiscent of a Sazerac but with gin and triple sec. Delicate, remarkably fruity and very sippable.

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History:

Created in 2002 by Tony Conigliaro at The Lonsdale in Nottinghill, London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Wink contains 207 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
30.76% alc./vol. (61.52° proof)
25.6 grams of pure alcohol

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