Serve in a Coupe glass
1 1⁄2 oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
1⁄6 oz | La Fée Parisienne absinthe |
1⁄3 oz | Luxardo Maraschino liqueur |
1⁄6 oz | Heering Cherry Liqueur |
1⁄6 oz | Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur) |
3⁄4 oz | Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed) |
1⁄6 oz | Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup) |
1⁄3 oz | Chilled water omit if using wet ice |
Absinthe and gin delicately lead this subtle cherry-flavoured cocktail. Bitter liqueur adds more colour than flavour, while pink grapefruit freshens.
Adapted from a recipe created by Scott Diaz in Seattle, Washington State, USA.
The phrase "absence makes the heart grow fonder" is first attributed to English poet Ernest Dowson (1867-1900) as part of a February 1899 letter to Arthur Moore. However, it was another poet, Thomas Haynes Bayly, who popularised the phrase in his poem Isle of Beauty published in his two-volume 1844 Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems.
What would not I give to wander
Thomas Haynes Bayly
Where my old companions dwell?
Absence makes the heart grow fonder;
Isle of Beauty, fare thee well!
Sadly, Bayly died 10 years before the poem was published.
One serving of Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder contains 197 calories
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However just being complex doesn't make this an excellent cocktail, imho. Misses a little bit of an edge/point for me. The gin is barely notable.
Lastly the cocktail is far more on the sweeter side than the rating towards 'dryness' sugests.