Name: Growing Old and Dying Happy Is a Hope...
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1.25 ml Absinthe; 60 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 30 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 4 swath Lemon peel; 6 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

¹⁄₂₄ fl oz

La Fée Parisienne absinthe

2 fl oz

Cynar or other carciofo amaro

1 fl oz

Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)

4 swath

Lemon peel

6 drop

Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

RINSE chilled glass with absinthe and discard excess.

SQUEEZE lemon zests to release oils into mixing glass and drop zests in.

Add other ingredients and REGAL STIR with ice.

STRAIN into absinthe-rinsed glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

20.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2009 by Maksym Pazuniak and Kirk Estopinal at Cure bar in New Orleans, Louisiana, and first published in their Rogue Cocktails book. Perhaps the cocktail with the longest name, its full name is "Growing Old and Dying Happy Is a Hope, Not an Inevitability," but that's five characters longer than our database can accommodate.

Gallery

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Comments & Discussion

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Ian Cummins 19w

This stands up to having the salt cranked up - even a salt rim is nice. A great cocktail even if you don't.

Carolyn Rush 37w

Oh my gosh, you guys weren't kidding!
Made exactly as directed and it was absolutely delightful :)
And to think that I only stumbled across it while looking for a way to use up a bunch of lemon rinds😃

Michael Pulcinella 39w

This is kind of amazing. I added just a touch of simple syrup to offset the bitterness of the Cynar and lemon peel, but will make again.

A J Wilson Premium Member 1y

This is an astonishing drink. It shouldn't work at all, let alone be this balanced, and yet it is and does. Fully recommend trying this recipe exactly as written here.

Peter Griffith Premium Member 1y

This is superb. My first try is a bit higher ABV, made with Cynar 70 and cask strength rye. Wowza. I'm old already, and if I died this instant, I'd die happy.

Sterling Diesel 1y

An absolute gem for those with an adventurous palette. Dark and brooding, while simultaneously light, delicate, and bursting with layers of flavor.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Made with Cynar 70 and increased the 90° rye by 7.5ml. This one may be better as written with original Cynar but I did enjoy the boozier boost. Still pretty thick. Ice melt and cooler temp from some cubes did the trick as it got better and better. Excellent actually, harmonious yes.