Rinse cocktail glass with absinthe and chill in the freezer, stir the remaining ingredients over ice until chilled. Strain into chilled and rinsed cocktail glass.OPTIONAL: spray a dash of absinthe onto the drink with an atomizer to confuse the drinker as to what they are about to taste (stupify) as well as add a bit more herbaceous notes to the flavor profile
I created this drink for my wife who, albeit 10 years late, developed a love for the Harry Potter books and films recently. I just basically wanted a darker drink with some herbaceous "elixir" like flavors to invoke the fantasy theme. I love Virgils root beer and had been itching to create a manhattan-esque drink around its wintergreen heavy flavor profile. Higher proof Grand Dad bourbon to me is under appreciated and i wanted to work with its complex orange-ey high rye flavored profile. I had originally used some Heaven Hill juice (EC 12) but it was
Curated this slightly - created new ingredient: Old Grand Dad 100 and removed corresponding note. Removed extraneous note from the Dolin. Thanks, Zachary