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Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
Absinthe and gin delicately lead this subtle cherry-flavoured cocktail. Bitter liqueur adds more colour than flavour, while pink grapefruit freshens
Jeremy Harrold
8th September 2021 at 16:23
The first time I realised Absinthe and Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur can work together. Both separately very dominant flavours but they work together harmoniously. Worth the effort of fiddly measures!
8th June 2021 at 04:18
This drink was delicious although my grapefruit wasn't pink. Perhaps I'll sub Sangue Morlacco for the Heering next time for it's stronger cherry notes.
16th February 2021 at 18:41
How important is Cherry Heering to this cocktail? Adding extra Luxardo didn't add enough of a cherry flavour for my taste. Absinthe is a tough flavour with which to compete.
8th June 2021 at 06:53
Cherry brands adds essential richness and flavour to this cocktail. It will be unbalanced without.
30th May 2020 at 15:20
That calls for some improvisation! something "tart" & suitably fortified. (Dowson also remarked: 'write, write, write: it is the only endurable employment except when one is fortified with a glass of absinthe’)
29th May 2020 at 22:34
Curious if the inventor of this tasty beverage takes his lead from remark by English poet, Ernest Dowson: "Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder": there's truth to both propositions, maybe.
30th May 2020 at 07:20
I suspect you're right Robert, hence I've added a note about the origin of the phrase above.