Cocktail recipe

Corpse Reviver №2

A shaken cocktail featuring Gin, Cointreau, Lillet Blanc.

Corpse Reviver №2 cocktail

Ingredients

  • 30 ml Gin
  • 30 ml Cointreau
  • 30 ml Lillet Blanc
  • 30 ml Lemon Juice
  • 1 dash Absinthe

Method

  1. Add Gin, Cointreau, Lillet Blanc, Lemon Juice and Absinthe to a shaker.
  2. Add ice and shake until cold.
  3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
  4. Optional garnish: orange zest.

Story

The best known of the Corpse Reviver 'hair of the dog' drinks, printed in Harry Craddock's 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book with the warning that four of them taken in swift succession will unrevive the corpse again.