Name: Cajun Nail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 10 ml Absinthe; 30 ml Tennessee whiskey; 30 ml Honey herbal liqueur; 2 dash Creole bitters; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Cajun Nail
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
¹⁄₃ oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 oz	Tennessee whiskey
1 oz	Honey herbal liqueur (e.g. Drambuie)
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
POUR absinthe into ice-filled glass, TOP with water and set aside.
Separately, STIR whiskey, liqueur and bitters with ice.
DISCARD contents of glass (absinthe, water and ice).
STRAIN stirred cocktail into absinthe-coated glass (no ice in glass).
Express lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A riff on the classic Sazerac.

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History:

Created in 2010 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Cajun Nail contains 199 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
34.59% alc./vol. (34.59° proof)
24.6 grams of pure alcohol

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James Buckman

28th March at 08:49

Made this in the past and really enjoyed it. This evening, I only had a 2/3 shot of Tennessee whiskey available and after thrashing around looking for something appropriate to make up the shortfall, I pulled out a bottle of Laphroaig Quarter Cask and thought: “Why not?”
It’s not bad. I might experiment more. (I too cannot discard perfectly good Absinthe.)

Yorey C

31st January at 23:31

sweet

Calvin Grant

25th January at 03:47

Ahhh...This is awesome! Ooops, I grabbed the Regans' Orange bitters when reaching for the Peychaud's, added the Creole bitters also and increased the Drambuie and Jack by half to make up for the extra bitters. 5X☆+♡

Loraine Herring

12th January 2023 at 20:20

please, please, please don't discard the absinthe
pour it into a shot glass and have it as a chaser
anyone seen pouring the Green Fairy away will be shot on sight

John Hinojos

17th July 2022 at 00:53

Very good aperitif. Like most cocktails of this type, it is a bit sweet, but not overly if you let it breath. Benefits from a long stir.

Greg Klump

6th June 2022 at 20:59

To my taste: way too sweet. Rather than tossing it, I rescued it by pouring it into a highball glass and topping with soda water + a dash of Regans orange bitters.