Name: Mad Hatter
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1 dash Absinthe

Ingredients

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

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

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

1 dash

La Fée Parisienne absinthe

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist and absinthe (to dash over cocktail in addition to the absinthe shaken with other ingredients).

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.

FLOAT dash of absinthe.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Mad Hatter contains 164 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
21.11% alc./vol. (42.22° proof)
19.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Loz Horner 18w

I like this very much. The absinthe comes through but doesn’t dominate.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 19w

Mad Hatters succumbed to madness because of mercury poisoning associated with their industrial treatment of hat fur. 'Absintheism' was a form of madness attributed to imbibing the 'green fairy'. In these more enlightened times, one would be mad not to try this fruity and complex sour.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 19w

btw, to our generous host the absinthe 'dasher' you suggested works a treat. Thanks so much for the advice.

Max Langer 19w

Looks nice, goes directly on my must try list, but the description is not so clear: should it be two dashes of absinthe, one for the shaker, one for the float (would make a nice mnemonic)?

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 19w

The ingredients in the recipe are always specified separately from and independently of those in the garnish. So the description is clear, as is evident from your reaching the correct conclusion.