Name: Corpse Reviver No.2 (Contemporary Recipe)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 22.5 ml Aromatized wine; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 1 dash Absinthe; 10 ml Chilled water

Corpse Reviver No.2 (Contemporary Recipe)
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
³⁄₄ oz	Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
¹⁄₃ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Yellow Chartreuse replaces triple sec in this riff on the classic Corpse Reviver Cocktail No. 2.

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Variant:

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History:

A riff on the classic Corpse Reviver No. 2, this recipe was popular with London bartenders during the late noughties.

Nutrition:

One serving of Corpse Reviver No.2 (Contemporary Recipe) contains 162 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
16.93% alc./vol. (16.93° proof)
17 grams of pure alcohol

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Calvin Grant

11th November 2024 at 04:02

This for me is exceptional made with Liquore Strega, Cocchi Americano Bianco, lemon/lime 50/50, and lime zest twist plus a generous dash of Absinthe. Corpse Reviver and a Last word

Calvin Grant

11th November 2024 at 04:11

...and a Last Word had a baby! and it was wonderful!

Dan Hunter

25th May 2024 at 01:03

This one is my favourite Reviver. I sure hope it works. When I was making 2 drinks at once my wife noticed I had more in mine hen hers. She said I was dead to her ….

Josh Litten

17th May 2024 at 00:53

I view the Last Word similarity others noted as a feature, not a bug. Yellow chartreuse brings so much more lovely complexity to this drink than the orange liqueur, and really makes this old classic sing.

Leslie

28th March 2024 at 01:10

Best Corpse REviver yet - specially since I used Starlino Aranciata aromatized wine and POW did it ever make the flavours play nice together!

Alastair Higgins

28th January 2024 at 21:21

I didn't have the Absinthe but added a tiny pinch of salt instead and shook this until very chilled. I think a small amount of fino might work equally as well.

John CARR

12th November 2023 at 11:06

Definitely prefer the historical version with triple sec over yellow chartreuse, which makes it rather Last Word-ish. If that was the drink I was after, I’d go straight for the last word.

Andreas Brahe Aarestrup

11th January 2023 at 21:24

Fantastic! I tried adding 1,5-2 ml Cointreau and it elevates this cocktail beautifully. Try it, cheers!

Patrick Custers

25th November 2022 at 12:14

I really love this cocktail. As Lillet Blanc was a little hard to get here recently, I used Mancino Bianco Ambrato instead and the result is great I think!

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