Absinthe Cocktails
Words by Simon Difford
Photography by Dan Malpass
There are countless absinthe cocktail recipes which call for just drops or dashes of absinthe, or for the glass merely to be rinsed/washed with absinthe, but due to this spirit's pungent smell and intense flavour, there are few cocktails that are truly absinthe-based or use a good slug of absinthe. The following 20 absinthe cocktails are unusual as all contain a generous measure.
Absinthe Frappé
With: Absinthe, anisette, chilled water and sugar syrup.
Absinthe Gimlet
With: Dry gin, absinthe, lime cordial, lime juice and chilled water.
Absinthe Makes My Heart Grow Fonder
With: Dry gin, absinthe, maraschino, cherry brandy, Campari, pink grapefruit juice and sugar syrup.
Applesinth
With: Absinthe, apple schnapps, apple juice, lime juice and sugar syrup.
Bohemian Mule
With: Absinthe, lime juice, sugar syrup and ginger beer.
Dead Man's Mule
With: Absinthe, cinnamon schnapps, orgeat, lime juice, ginger beer.
Duchess
With: Absinthe, sweet vermouth, extra dry vermouth, orange bitters
Fairy Cream
With: Absinthe, single cream, crème de cacao brown, crème de cacao white.
Fairy Sugar Mama
With: Absinthe, pineapple juice, lime juice, orgeat, Campari.
Flying Frenchman (Absinthe Espresso Martini)
With: Absinthe, coffee liqueur, espresso coffee.
Green Fairy
With: Absinthe, lemon juice, sugar syrup, Angostura bitters, egg white.
Green Swizzle
With: Absinthe, white rum, overproof rum, falernum liqueur, menthe verte liqueur, lime juice.
Le Minuit
With: Absinthe, white wine, apple juice, sugar syrup, orange bitters.
Mauresque
With: Absinthe, orgeat.
Monstre Verte
With: Absinthe, London dry gin, Green Chartreuse, lime juice, sugar syrup, basil leaves.
Perfect Fairy
With: Absinthe, crème de peche liqueur, lemon juice, egg white.
Triple A
With: Absinthe, apple juice, orgeat, lime juice.
Weeping Jesus
With: Absinthe, Peachtree liqueur, grenadine syrup, lemon-lime soda.
Windy Miller
With: Absinthe, citroen vodka, Mandarine Napoleon liqueur, lemon-lime soda.
Yellow Parrot
With: Absinthe, Yellow Chartreuse, apricot brandy.
