Name: Murderer's
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 25 ml Calvados apple brandy; 25 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 25 ml Swedish Punsch; 2 dash Absinthe; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Murderer's
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Ingredients:
⁵⁄₆ oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
⁵⁄₆ oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
⁵⁄₆ oz	Swedish Punsch liqueur
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
No garnish to prepare.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This cocktail is superbly aromatic, complex and spirit-forward. Although, not nearly as spirituous as this quote suggests, "Exits should be plainly marked and fire-extinguishers provided at all times when this cocktail is served."

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History:

The Murderer Cocktail first appears in Arthur Moss' "Cocktails Round Town" chapter in Harry MacElhone's 1927 Barflies and Cocktails where its creation is attributed to Robert Myron Coates, an American writer for the New Yorker and novelist. His best-known book, the surrealist The Eater of Darkness is mentioned along with his recipe.

The great author of the thrilling detective-novel, "The Eater of Darkness" Bob Coates, takes his typewriter off his lap, and pounds out the following plot-inspirer; "Murderer's Cocktail;" (asbestos shaker advised), 1/3 Calvados, 1/ 3 Swedish punch, 1/ 3 rum, one dash of bitters and two dashes of absinthe.
Notice: "Exits should be plainly marked and fire-extinguishers provided at all times when this cocktail is served.
Arthur Moss, Barflies and Cocktails, 1927

Nutrition:

One serving of Murderer's contains 176 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
28.06% alc./vol. (28.06° proof)
21.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Ignacio Seligra

15th May at 17:37

Not bad but don't think the apple - rum funk combination is really harmonic at all. Beware with the absinthe: large dashes will overpower this subtle concoction.