3⁄4 | oz | Gin |
3⁄4 | oz | Triple sec, Cointreau |
3⁄4 | oz | Lillet Blanc |
3⁄4 | oz | Lemon juice |
1 | rinse | Absinthe |
Instructions
Shake, strain, straight up, cocktail glass rinsed with absinthe
Notes
Jim Meehan, PDT recommends Plymouth gin and Pontarlier absinthe. Originally, this calls for 1/4 wineglasses (=1/2 oz) of each.
History
The Savoy calls for a dash of absinthe, rather than the more modern rinse.
From other users
- Creole Shrubb + Bonal Gentiane Quina esp. good
- Interesting NYTimes piece suggests absinthe up to scant teaspoon. http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/case-study-cocchi-americano-waking-the-dead/
- Excellent. Made with cocchi and Plymouth. My favorite use of gin so far. Could probably handle a bit more absinthe as per notes.
- A great sour, enhanced by the absinthe rinse. I can understand the rationale behind more absinthe, to add back notes. I also garnished with a twist.
- MUST use Cocchi Americano instead of Lillet Blanc.
- Made with Plymouth gin and Cocchi Americano. Delicious!
- Year Round Gin Use Ford's gin
- I use a little heavier hand with the gin, and a little less with the triple sec. (I prefer dry curacao over triple sec.)
- Gin- sweet, sour
- Would like to try with Cocchi Americano Rosa and either gin or tequila.
- Truly great after a day of working out in the yard because that is when this corpse needs reviving. Version I've been using is 1oz of each & a dash. I will have to try the rinse.
- Sub Cocchi Americano for lillet and reduce lemon to 1/2. Good with a dash of bittermens orange cream.
- Without the Absinthe rinse and perhaps in different ratio, this is the South Slope I had at Pistache in West Palm Beach
- I will use Cocchi Americano
- -it's too sweet right now, try 1/2 oz lemon juice or dash more gin -variation: try subbing Creole Shrubb + Bonal Gentiane Quina
- Delicious. A good alt version of this from Alicia Perry of San Diego’s Polite Provisions is 1oz Plymouth Gin, and .75oz each of Lillet, Cointreau and lemon juice, .25oz simple syrup. Worth a try.
- Made with Botanist gin and & PF Dry Curaçao. Heather liked it but thought it was a bit too tart
- Prefer Cochin Americano
- Sub the Lillet Blanc for Cocchi Americano; sub .25oz of the lemon for Plymouth sloe gin
- Used Cocchi Americano, grapefruit juice in place of lemon (still good but would like to try with lemon).
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6 Comments
Must use Cocchi Americano,
Submitted by Pierster on
Must use Cocchi Americano, not Lillet Blanc.
It's good with Plymouth, even
Submitted by mattchicago on
It's good with Plymouth, even better with Bols Genever.
Kina L'avion D'or works as
Submitted by marioyang on
Kina L'avion D'or works as well instead of lillet blanc.
This is my in-laws' favorite
Submitted by bza on
This is my in-laws' favorite cocktail. I made it for them once and they loved it so much that they bought all the ingredients and my father-in-law now has a card with the recipe printed on it so he can get it made at any bar they go to.
Lesson: make this for people who don't drink a lot of cocktails.
I enjoy this cocktail quite a
Submitted by tjaehnigen on
I enjoy this cocktail quite a bit. My version is an oz of each element and the dash. I will have to try it with the rinse. This is particularly great after a day working in the yard, because that is when this corpse needs reviving.
Old raj gin , Kina avion d'or
Submitted by Pangolindo on
Old raj gin , Kina avion d'or, Pierre Ferrand Curaçao