Name: Absinthe by Jimmy
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 20 ml Absinthe; 20 ml Lime juice; 60 ml Chilled water; 12.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Absinthe by Jimmy
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Photographed in an UB Retro Fizz 1890 7oz

Ingredients:
²⁄₃ oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
²⁄₃ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 oz	Chilled water
0.42 oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

The absinthe cocktail meets the absinthe sour with lime juice added to the holy trinity of absinthe, sugar and water.

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History:

Adapted from the first recipe in a 1932 pocket cocktail book called The Green Cocktail Book by "Jimmy". I've respected the original proportions with, as Jimmy says, "sugar to taste." Hence, I'd advise 10ml to 12.5ml sugar depending on your limes and palate.

ABSINTHE
1 part Absinthe
1 part Lime Juice
3 parts Water
1 dash Angostura Bitters per cocktail
Sugar to taste.
The Green Cocktail Book by Jimmy, 1932

Nutrition:

One serving of Absinthe by Jimmy contains 122 calories

Alcohol content:

0.7 standard drinks
8.96% alc./vol. (8.96° proof)
10.1 grams of pure alcohol

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