Name: Corpse Reviver No.4
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2.5 ml Absinthe; 30 ml Reposado tequila; 20 ml Aromatized wine; 10 ml Triple sec; 20 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Corpse Reviver No.4
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
¹⁄₁₂ oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
²⁄₃ oz	Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
¹⁄₃ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
²⁄₃ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
RINSE chilled glass with absinthe (swirl around to coat and discard excess) and set to one side.
STIR other ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into absinthe-rinsed glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Beautifully balanced with lemon acidity cleansing and offsetting sweet orange with subtle herbal tequila.

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Variant:

Corpse Reviver No. 1 (Gilberg's recipe)
Corpse Reviver No. 1 (Savoy recipe)
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Corpse Reviver No. Blue
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Blanche Corpse Reviver
Savoy Corpse Reviver (by Joe Gilmore)

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2019 by Måns Dahlman at the Papillon Bar, Bank Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden. Måns' particularly specifies that his cocktail is stirred rather than shaken, and his preference is for Fortaleza Reposado Tequila.

Nutrition:

One serving of Corpse Reviver No.4 contains 145 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
19.08% alc./vol. (19.08° proof)
16.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Shannon Brown

19th November 2024 at 04:11

Edit to my previous comment:
I forgot to say that I used simple syrup instead of rich syrup, but the same amount (1/6 oz). And I used Resposado tequila instead of Blanco. In my humble opinion, this is a perfect cocktail!

Shannon Brown

17th November 2024 at 05:40

Oh my, this is good! I made it exactly as written, only changing brands for what’s available here in British Columbia, Canada, and this is one superb cocktail. I have to give a shout out to my local Okanagan Craft Distillery for their Taboo Absinthe. Shameless plug, I know, but it really is exceptional!

John CARR

13th September 2024 at 13:16

Made to spec stirring, took the lemon back to 15ml as current crop seem extra tart. Also added the suggested saline and it was great - balanced the acid, allowing the vegatal character of the tequila to shine. Still prefer the gin version at this point tho.

Frederic D.

19th January 2024 at 23:49

Delicious. Just a couple of drops of saline solution really helped all the flavors stand out for me. Shaker is our preferred method as well, as others have mentioned below.

Florian Ruf

24th June 2022 at 13:05

I shaked it this time and found it better tasting and more balanced than stirred.

Areum Jeon

15th March 2022 at 17:45

As a big fan of No.2, I should try this one. But would it be a bad decision to shake it? Cause I like to shake cocktails with citrus juices in it...

Simon Difford

16th March 2022 at 08:19

Not how Måns' specifies to make his cocktail but no reason why you should not try shaking.

John Hinojos

17th January 2022 at 01:27

Perfect. We did do a spritz of absinthe on the top of the cocktail. Wonderful.

Miguel Perales

26th January 2023 at 11:32

John,
Is this in addition to what is in the mix? or instead of?
Thanks.

wolfgang Bierke

19th May 2021 at 18:41

Way better with Fortaleza!

David M.

19th January 2021 at 04:35

On a tequila-themed night with Mexican food, I moved onto this after Margaritas. Yummy! I found a full bar spoon (1/6 oz) of absinthe worked better for rinsing my frozen tulip glass.