Name: Absinthe Spider Highball
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Absinthe; 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 120 ml Ginger ale

Ingredients

¹⁄₂ fl oz

La Fée Parisienne absinthe

2 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

4 fl oz

Thomas Henry Ginger Ale

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Absinthe Spider Highball contains 103 calories

Alcohol content:

0.6 standard drinks
7.02% alc./vol. (14.05° proof)
8.3 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Florian Ruf Premium Member 1y

Astonishing good combination, I added a splash of lemon.

ian roberts 2y

Subtle liquorice flavour goes really well with the ginger

Jim Plante 3y

I so love the appeal of the licorice flavor, it always reminds me of my childhood. I thought the recipe was a little week, but there is always a place for a good low abv cocktail. It tasted good, but I fortified this with a 1/2 oz of white Cuban Rum. It was also very nice.

Karan Tandon 3y

Tried it your way.. turned out to be really nice! Thanks.

Jim Plante 2y

I revisited this cocktail and used 1 oz of Jamaican Overproof white rum. I think this was even better with little funk from the Jamaican pot stilled rum! As John Hinojos stated below it really does have a hint of Sarsparilla!

T M 1y

Added 1/2 of Wray and nephew, and it does indeed elevate the drink

Jack Reid 4y

It turns out I overestimated how much I like anise, which left me with nearly a full bottle of absinthe to get through and not much enthusiasm for the project. This drink is OK though, so I have hope. I agree with John Hinojos about the sarsparilla taste. It's a decent hot summer's day drink.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

I have always been a lover of Absinthe (even when the real thing was not available). Pernod was the first bottle of alcohol I bought on my 21st birthday. I loved this. Had it with luncheon and it was perfect. When mixed it has hints of sarsaparilla. Great cocktail.

Chris VanDoren 5y

This was quite excellent, and only the 1/2oz of liquor is an interesting twist for a highball that creates more drinkability. I played with adding 3/4ox of tequila to the drink and that really muddied the flavors, the original was far better. I will be coming back to this when I want something low in alcohol but with big flavors.

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