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Mercy Brown

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Death's Door
3⁄4 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano
3⁄4 oz Orange liqueur, Clément Créole Shrubb
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1 rinse Absinthe, Pernod
1 twst Lemon peel (expressed and inserted)
Instructions

Rinse, shake, strain, rocks, twist.

Cocktail summary
Created by
Alchemy Consulting and the Bar Downstairs at Andaz 5th Avenue, NYC.
Year
2011
Is an
authentic recipe
Reference

https://web.archive.org/web/20150102071019/https://www.wsj.com/articles…

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  • Take a Corpse Reviver #2. Balance its sweetness to that of a strawberry margarita. Then rinse the glass with rhum agricole. That's the flavor here. If you don't have Clement Creole Shrubb, just add simple syrup to your Corpse Reviver #2 and then rinse your glass with rhum agricole as well as absinthe - you'll get the idea. Confusing choices. — ★★★
  • Use Tanqueray gin and Cointreau. Loose the simple. — ★★★
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Comments
Shawn C commented on 3/08/2026:

It is a fair question. (Note that this recipe/submission isn't new, it is from 2013.) There are three key points of difference, and that is likely enough--plus the recipe was in a published paper and from a 5th Avenue speakeasy. The recipe differs in the 1. doubled gin content, but also in the choice of components, 2. While Cocchi Americano is commonly used for Lillet Blanc, the flavors are very different, and I seriously doubt that the Cocchi product tastes much like historical Kina Lillet. (I prefer Kina l'Aero d'Or to Cocchi for most things--too much cinnamon-like flavor in the Cocchi.) 3. Clement Creole Shrubb is considerably different in flavor than Cointreau or other 80 proof Curacao's.

It is an ongoing challenge at KC whether to reject a number of submissions because they are variations on old standards, or "merge" them into existing drinks (which effectively erases the new submission), or to publish them if they differ enough. Many of these end up hanging around in limbo for months or longer. The recently submitted and approved "The Lazarus Project" has similar concerns, double the gin of the Corpse Reviver #2, 1/3 the Curacao, and 2/3 the citrus juice using a split lemon/lime base. If that is one that doesn't differ enough (listed as an "altered recipe" of the Corpse Reviver #2 already), then hopefully folks will comment on that under that cocktail and its status can be reviewed.

Jojiro commented on 4/12/2026:

As a big fan of the Corpse Reviver #2 and a bigger fan of the Lazarus Project I do think this drink is different enough to distinguish itself - but man, I don't like those differences.