Susie Bright

How do I love this cocktail! I was making Ted Haigh’s version in the past, where he uses raspberry syrup and a some slight variations in the ratios, but this is MY FAVE as of today. I live in “berry-growing” country and fresh raspberries, as well as fresh grapefruits, are easy to pick. Go ahead, move to California!

It is late at night but I got it into my head I HAD to have a Scofflaw.

At the last second, I realized all the lemons were used up earlier this afternoon for the teetotalers— they needed a pitcher of Arnold’s.

So, dammit, it’s too dark to wander down the street to pick a lemon from a neighbor’s tree.

But I have a lime tree and it’s fruiting, so I grabbed a Bearss lime off the branch, and I’m here to tell you this Lime Scofflaw is FANTASTIC. I did it!

Boy, did I ever have a happy accident! I was surprised to see I didn’t have any rum in the house EXCEPT Plantation Pineapple. I used that with the two vermouths, *dry* orange curacao, the cheap grenadine and the all important saline spray. It is STUPENDOUS!

I used the tiny dash/spidgen/pinch measuring spoons one can purchase, to get the absinthe, bitters, and orange blossom in perfect Savoy harmony. Wow. It really is a perfect, perfect, drink.