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
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10
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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:

Corpse Reviver No. 1 (Gilberg's recipe)
Corpse Reviver No. 1 (Savoy recipe)
Corpse Reviver No. 2 (Duffy/Gaige's recipe)
Corpse Reviver No. 2 (Savoy recipe)
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Corpse Reviver No. Blue
Cadáver Reviver
Blanche Corpse Reviver
Savoy Corpse Reviver (by Joe Gilmore)

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’s Avatar 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
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Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
11th November 2024 at 04:11
...and a Last Word had a baby! and it was wonderful!
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Dan Hunter’s Avatar 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 ….
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Josh Litten’s Avatar 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.
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Leslie’s Avatar 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!
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Alastair Higgins’ Avatar 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.
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John CARR’s Avatar 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.
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Andreas Brahe Aarestrup’s Avatar 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!
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Patrick Custers’ Avatar 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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