Name: Wink
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 10 ml Absinthe verte (green); 60 ml Gin; 7.5 ml Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.); 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' 2 sugar to 1 water; 2 Peychaud's / Creole bitters

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist (discarded)

How to make:

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) and strain drink into empty absinthe-coated glass.

1/3 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
1/4 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.)
1/6 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix)
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
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£ 9.75 £ 0.49 per cocktail, makes 20

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Review:

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

History:

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

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Nutrition:

One serving of Wink contains 207 calories.

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
34.78% alc./vol. (69.56° proof)
28.9 grams of pure alcohol

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