Absinthe Cocktail (Jerry Thomas)

Name: Absinthe Cocktail (Jerry Thomas)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Absinthe; 7.5 ml Anisette liqueur; 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 45 ml Chilled water

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Serves:

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Anisette liqueur
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water (reduce if wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Martini glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Absinthe Cocktail (Jerry Thomas) contains 144 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19.9% alc./vol. (39.8° proof)
17.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from Jerry Thomas' 1887 Bar-tender's Guide.

More cocktails by Jerry "The Professor" Thomas

Review

This aniseed-flavoured mix tastes surprisingly tame but includes a shot of the notorious green fairy.

Variations/similar cocktails

Absinthe Frappe – served over crushed ice.

La Fee Parisienne absinthe 200ml - makes 6.5 cocktails
$17.99 $2.77 per cocktail La Fee Parisienne absinthe image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

$2.81 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 6.5 cocktails.
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