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Submitted on: January 10, 2024
Hello friends! Tonight, I have a split-base cocktail featuring one of my favorite spirits, absinthe! Since absinthe was illegal at the time of this recipe, I chose to use an absinthe made from an infusion kit my wife got me for Christmas a few years back. This infusion kit takes botanicals present in traditional absinthe and infuses them in a neutral grain spirit; in my case, 190-proof Everclear, tempered with a bit of water and bottled at 168.94 proof, if my math is correct. While not a traditi...
Instructions
Garnish
Build
Glass
Estimated strength
Shake & Double Strain
Cocktail Coupe
About 34% ABV (estimate)
By Patrick Muldowney
Home Cocktail Enthusiast
Amateur home mixologist working through vintage and contemporary cocktail books, one drink at a time
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Dry shake the egg white, then add ice and shake again. Double strain into a chilled cocktail coupe. -From "Drawn from the Wood" by Frank Shay & John Held, Jr. (1929)
Editor's Note
A 1929 relic that pits high-proof gin against house-made absinthe. The egg white provides a silky, necessary bridge between the two potent spirits.
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