The Absinthe Files 4

Creative Cocktails with Absinthe

Series 4 of 4

Millenium

GLASS – Champagne flute
PREP – Layer pour in

½ oz raspberry liqueur
½ oz Absinthe
Layer fill with chilled Champagne


Momisette

GLASS – Tumbler
ICE – Cracked
PREP – Pour over Ice

2 oz Absinthe
½ oz orgeat syrup
Stir in, and top with chilled water


Moranguito

GLASS – Shot
PREP – Layer pour in

¼ oz grenadine
½ oz tequila
½ oz Absinthe


Moulin Rouge

GLASS – Tumbler
ICE – Cracked
PREP – Pour over Ice

1oz Archers
½ oz Absinthe
splash grenadine
Top with Merlins energy drink
Garnish – mint leaves


Pedra (stone)

GLASS – Shot
PREP – Pour straight in

¼ oz each of the following:
tequila
vodka
black rum
Irish cream
grenadine
Mix together, then layer ¼ oz Absinthe over the top
Ignite, blow out and shoot


Psycho Surfer

GLASS – Collins
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Build over Ice

¾ oz Absinthe
¾ oz Parfait Amour
3 oz tonic water
Top float with 1oz cognac
Garnish – twist of lemon peel


Remember the Maine

GLASS – Rocks
PREP – Stir & Strain

Rinse glass with a dash of Absinthe, then strain in the following:
1¾ oz bourbon
½ oz cherry brandy
¼ oz sweet vermouth
dash orange bitters
Garnish – cherry


Sazerac

GLASS – Rocks
PREP – Shake & Strain

Coat the inside of the glass with Absinthe
Strain in the following:
1½ oz rye whiskey
1 teaspoon simple syrup
2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
Garnish – twist of lemon peel


Sea Fizz

GLASS – Highball
PREP – Shake & Strain

1½ oz Absinthe
juice of ½ lemon
pinch of sugar
1 egg white
Strain in, and fill with club soda


Six Pack

GLASS – Collins
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Shake & Strain over Ice

½ oz each of the following:
Absinthe
vodka
Goldschlager
Jagermeister
dash peach bitters
Strain in, and top with Champagne


The Suisse

GLASS – Cocktail
PREP – Shake & Strain

1–1½ oz Absinthe
4 dashes anisette
1 egg white


Thunder of the Gods

GLASS – Shot
PREP – Layer pour

1oz Monasterium
¼ oz Absinthe
Ignite, let burn for a few seconds,
Blow out and suck the monasterium through the absinthe with a straw


TNT

GLASS – Old fashioned
PREP – Stir & Strain

1¼ oz Absinthe
¾ oz cognac
splash Cointreau
dash bitters
Garnish – wedge of orange


Tokyo Dream

GLASS – Martini
PREP – Shake & Strain
Rim the glass with chocolate syrup,
then chill to harden in the frig.

1¼ oz Absinthe
1oz white creme de cacao
½ oz white creme de menthe
Garnish – mint sprig


Tokyo Melon

GLASS – Martini
PREP – Shake & fine Strain

1oz Absinthe
1oz Midori
A chunk of fresh galia melon
Garnish – wedge of melon


Tomate

GLASS – Tumbler
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Pour over Ice

3 oz Absinthe
3 teaspoons grenadine
Stir in , and top with chilled water


Traffic Light

GLASS – Old fashioned
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Pour over ice

1oz Absinthe
2 oz cranberry juice
1oz orange juice


True Absinthe Drip

GLASS – Rocks
PREP – As follows

Pour 1oz Absinthe in the bottom of the glass
With 1 cube of sugar on a spoon over the top center of the glass,
trickle ice water over the sugar, the drips mix with the absinthe
causing a louche, resembling liquid alchemy.
Ratio – The 1oz of absinthe to 3–5 parts of water to taste


Valhalla

GLASS – Highball
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
1oz blackcurrant vodka
½ oz triple sec
splash of passionfruit juice
juice of ½ lime
4 mint leaves
Garnish – mint sprig


Viagra Falls

GLASS – Martini
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
1oz apple schnapps
1oz water
dash orange bitters
Garnish – twist an orange peel over a flame, landing the oil in glass


Vincent VG

GLASS – Shot
PREP – Chill & Strain

¾ oz Chambord
½ oz fresh lemon juice
Strain in, and float ¾ oz Absinthe over the Top
Ignite, blow out and shoot


Vinyl Sunset

GLASS – Collins
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Build over Ice

1oz Absinthe
½ oz creme de cassis
splash lime juice
Fill with club soda or lemonade


Voodoo Pigalle

GLASS – Rocks
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
½ oz Midori
½ oz green Chartreuse
dash simple syrup
splash lemon juice


Wharf Rat

GLASS – Pint
ICE – Crushed
PREP – Build over Ice or Shake & Strain over Ice

1oz each of the following:
white rum
apricot brandy
grenadine
3oz orange juice
Top with 1oz Absinthe


Wildemule

GLASS – Tumbler
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Pour over Ice

1oz Absinthe
juice of ½ lime
fill with ginger ale


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The Absinthe Files 3

Creative Cocktails with Absinthe

Series 3 of 4

The Dixie

GLASS – Cocktail
PREP – Shake & Strain

½ oz dry gin
¼ oz Absinthe
¼ oz dry vermouth


Eden’s Apple

GLASS – Collins
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Build over Ice

1oz Absinthe
½ oz Midori
½ oz green Chartreuse
splash with apple juice
Top with ginger ale
Garnish – slice of apple


Flamed Absinthe

GLASS – Sour
PREP – As follows

Dip a teaspoon of sugar
into 1oz Absinthe – poured in glass
Ignite the sugar in spoon and let it caramelize
Once the flame dies out, stir it into the absinthe
Add desired amount of fresh water until it louches


Flaming Absinth Passion

GLASS – Double-shot
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz passionfruit syrup
1oz apple juice
dash lime juice
splash simple syrup
Strain in, and float
1oz Absinthe over the top and ignite
Blow out and consume


Green Demon

GLASS – Martini
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
1oz vodka
juice of ½ lime
dash simple syrup
dash orange bitters
6 small tip mint leaves


Green Fairy

GLASS – Martini
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
1oz fresh lemon juice
1oz fresh water
pinch of sugar
½ egg white
dash bitters


Green Rose

GLASS – Martini
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
½ oz Citron vodka
1oz white creme de cacao
1 teaspoon rose petal marmalade
dash lemon juice
Garnish – twist of lemon peel


Green Tear

GLASS – Cocktail
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
2 oz cranberry juice
1oz Indian tonic water
Garnish – slice of lemon


Hallucinating Melon

GLASS – Pousse or Tall shot
PREP – Layer pour in

½ oz each of the following:
Midori
Bailey’s Irish cream
Absinthe


Halloween Slash

GLASS – Tumbler
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Shake & Strain over Ice

1oz Absinthe
½ oz peach schnapps
½ oz lemon liqueur
3 oz cranberry juice
splash orange juice


Hammer of the Gods

GLASS – Shot
PREP – Layer pour

1oz Tuaca
¼ oz Absinthe
Ignite, blow out, and suck the Tuaca through the Absinthe with a straw


Hemingway

GLASS – Champagne flute
PREP – Pour straight in

1oz Absinthe
Top with chilled Champagne


Hemingway Revolution

GLASS – Martini
PREP – Shake & Strain
Rim the glass with sugar

1oz Absinthe
1oz Chambord
½ oz fraise
½ oz creme de cassis
splash cranberry juice


Hemingway’s Dream

GLASS – Cocktail
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
1oz fresh lemon juice
1 cube Demerara sugar
A palm full of fresh mint


Hills and Flowers

GLASS – Martini
PREP – Shake & Strain

1¼ oz Absinthe
½ oz Pisang Ambon
½ oz apple juice
¼ oz fresh lime juice
dash of honey
Garnish – edible flower


Iceberg

GLASS – Shot
PREP – Layer pour

¾ oz Irish cream
¾ oz Absinthe


I. V. F.

GLASS – Martini
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
½ oz Tia Maria
½ oz Tuaca
1oz espresso coffee
Strain in, and float a thin layer of cream over the top


Knock Out

GLASS – Cocktail
PREP – Shake & Strain

½ oz Absinthe
½ oz dry gin
½ oz French vermouth
1 teaspoon white creme de menthe


Make No Plans

GLASS – Highball
ICE – Cubed or CRacked
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
½ oz Mandarine Napoleon
juice of ½ lime
Strain in,
and Top with cold lemonade
Garnish – mint sprig


Merlin’s Picasso

GLASS – Old fashioned
ICE – Cracked
PREP – Pour straight in

1oz Citron vodka
½ oz Drambuie
½ oz Absinthe
Top with Merlins energy drink
Garnish - slice of lime


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The Absinthe Files 2

Creative Cocktails with Absinthe

Series 2 of 4

Absolution

GLASS – Collins
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Shake & Strain over Ice

1oz Absinthe
2 oz Krupnik honey liquor
1 teaspoon ginger liqueur
splashes of the following juices:
lime, orange, apple
Strain in, and Top with ginger ale


Applesinth

GLASS – Tumbler
ICE – Crushed
PREP – Shake & Strain over Ice

1oz Absinthe
1oz apple schnapps
juice of ½ lime
1oz passionfruit syrup
2 oz apple juice
Garnish – twist of lime


Atom Bomb

GLASS – Cocktail
PREP – Shake & Strain

¾ oz Absinthe
¾ oz brandy


B 55

GLASS – Pousse or Cordial
PREP – Layer pour in order

½ oz each of the following:
coffee liqueur
Irish cream
Absinthe


Black Daisy

GLASS – Pousse or Cordial
PREP – Layer pour in order

½ oz each of the following:
Kahlua
Bailey’s Irish cream
Tia Maria
Absinthe


Bloody Absinthe

GLASS – Tumbler
ICE –Cubed or Cracked
PREP – As follows

Add the following accents (to taste) over Ice in glass:
worcestershire sauce
tabasco sauce
salt
pepper

Then pour the following to fill:
1½ oz Absinthe
fill with tomato juice
Garnish – slice of lime and fresh vegetable of choice


The Bohemian

GLASS – Old fashioned
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
½ oz creme de cassis
juice of ½ lime
2 oz cranberry juice
Strain in, and Top with club soda
Garnish – twist of orange peel


Bohemian Mule

GLASS – Highball
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Pour over Ice

First, squeeze the juice of ½ lime into the bottom of glass.
Add ice, and the following:
1oz Absinthe
Fill with ginger beer


Bull Rush

GLASS – Tumbler or Pint
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Pour over Ice

1oz vodka
1oz Absinthe
1 can Red Bull energy drink
Garnish – slice of lime


Buttercup

GLASS – Pousse or Snifter
PREP – Layer in or Pour straight

½ oz each of the following:
dark creme de cacao
butterscotch schnapps
Absinthe


Cafe de Paris

GLASS – Tulip
PREP – Blend with ice

1oz gin
1 teaspoon Absinthe
1 tablespoon sweet cream
1 egg


Casino

GLASS – Champagne flute
PREP – As follows

Soak a sugar cube in a ¼ oz of Absinthe, and place cube in flute.
Fill slowly with chilled champagne, and add a dash of brandy over top.
Garnish – twist of lemon peel


Catherine Zeta-Jones

GLASS – Cocktail
ICE – Crushed
PREP – Pour over Ice

With a glass half-filled with crushed ice,
add 1oz each of the following:
Creme de Mure
Mandrin vodka
Absinthe
chilled Champagne


Cherry Aid

GLASS – Champagne flute
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
½ oz sloe gin
½ oz cherry vodka
dashes of the following:
maraschino liqueur or syrup
simple syrup
lemon juice
Strain in, and fill with chilled Champagne


China Blue

GLASS – Martini
PREP – Shake & Strain
Rim the glass with sugar

1oz Absinthe
¾ oz fresh lime juice
½ oz ginger syrup or liqueur
1 inch cube of freshly chopped ginger


Colonial Rot

GLASS – Highball
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Shake & Strain over Ice

1oz Citron vodka
1oz Absinthe
½ oz simple syrup
½ oz fresh lime juice
5 mint leaves
Strain in, and split–fill with club soda and cold lemonade
Garnish – extract the mint leaves from the shaker


Deadman’s Mule

GLASS – Tall
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Pour over Ice

1oz Absinthe
½ oz Goldschlager
¾ oz orgeat syrup
¾ oz lime juice
Top with ginger beer


Decadent Martini

GLASS – Martini or Cocktail
PREP – Shake & Strain
Rim the glass with sugar

¾ oz Absinthe
¾ oz Grand Marnier
½ oz lemon sugar
¼ oz simple syrup


Desire

GLASS – Cocktail
PREP – Shake & Strain

½ oz Absinthe
1½ oz lemon juice
1 teaspoon sugar or simple syrup

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The Absinthe Files 1

Creative Cocktails with Absinthe

Series 1 of 4

Absinthe Bollyside

GLASS – Martini
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
½ oz gin
½ oz Jack Daniels
¼ oz peach schnapps
1oz Red Bull energy drink
dash cranberry juice


Absinthe Cleverly

GLASS – Cocktail
PREP – Shake & Strain

Rim the glass with either sugar or salt

1oz Absinthe
1oz Grand Marnier


Absinthe Cocktail

GLASS – Cocktail
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
3 dashes Benedictine
2 dashes bitters
1oz fresh water


Absinthe Curacao Frappe

GLASS – Champagne flute
ICE – Crushed (in glass)
PREP – Stir & Strain

1oz Absinthe
½ oz curacao (clear, dry)
1 teaspoon lemon juice
¼ oz orange juice
Garnish – thin slice of orange


Absinthe Eye
aka Glad Eye Cocktail

GLASS – Cocktail
PREP – Shake & Strain

¾ oz Absinthe
½ oz peppermint schnapps


Absinthe Flip

GLASS – Delmonico
PREP – Shake & Strain

½ oz Absinthe
½ oz Cointreau
¼ oz lemon juice
1 egg
1 teaspoon sugar
Garnish – dust with nutmeg


Absinthe Fizz

GLASS – Highball
PREP – Shake & Strain

1½ oz Absinthe
juice of ½ lemon
1 teaspoon sugar
1 egg white
Strain in, and fill with club soda


Absinthe Fountain

GLASS – Margarita/Coupette
PREP – As follows
Rim the glass with sugar

Crush a lemon wedge in the bottom of the glass
Add 1oz Absinthe
Ignite the contents
As the sugar starts to burn on the rim,
stir, then fill with champagne


Absinthe Margarita

GLASS – Tumbler
ICE – Cubed or Cracked
PREP – Shake & Strain
Rim the glass with salt

¾ oz Absinthe
¾ oz Tequila
½ oz triple sec
juice of 1 lime
1oz sweet & sour
Strain in, and float with ¼ oz Grand Marnier
Garnish – slice of lime


Absinamon Martini

GLASS – Martini
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
½ oz Cinnamon schnapps
½ oz apple schnapps
dash apple juice
Garnish – slice of apple


Absinthe Martini

GLASS – Martini
PREP – Stir & Strain

Pour a dash of Absinthe into the empty glass,
swirling/coating the inside

Strain in the following:
2 oz gin
½ oz dry vermouth
Garnish – onion-stuffed olive


Absinthe Minded Martini

GLASS – Martini
PREP – Shake & Strain

3 oz Bombay Sapphire gin
½ oz Absinthe
Atomize glass with dry vermouth

Strain in from shaker, and float a ¼ oz lace of
Grand Marnier over the top
Garnish – twist of orange peel


Absinthe Sour

GLASS – Cocktail
PREP – Shake & Strain

¼ oz Absinthe
¾ oz lemon juice
½ oz simple syrup


Absinthe Special

GLASS – Cocktail
PREP – Shake & Strain

¾ oz Absinthe
¼ oz gin
¼ oz simple syrup
dash orange bitters
dash bitters


Absinthe Suisee

GLASS – Rocks
ICE – Crushed
PREP – Stir & Strain over ice

1oz Absinthe
juice of ½ lemon
juice of ¼ lime
pinch of sugar


Absence

GLASS – Chimney
ICE – Crushed
PREP – Muddle, shake & strain over ice

Muddle the following in a shaker tin or glass:
pinch of brown sugar
4 white grapes
4 lime wedges
4 mint leaves
Add ice and the following:
½ oz Absinthe
1oz Citron vodka
½ oz pear liqueur
Strain in, and top with apple juice
Garnish – mint sprig and 3 grapes


Absent Days

GLASS – Cocktail
PREP – Shake & Strain

1oz Absinthe
½ oz peach schnapps
¼ oz raspberry puree
dash simple syrup
½ oz orange juice


Absent Jack

GLASS – Rocks
ICE – Crushed
PREP – Blend with no ice

2 oz Absinthe
1oz Cointreau
2 oz fresh water
24 Redcurrants
Tea strain over Ice in glass

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