Corpse Reviver #2
A breakfast drink, historically. Use your judgement.
Ingredients
- 22 ml Gin
- 22 ml Triple sec
- 22 ml Dry vermouth
- 22 ml Lemons
- rinse Absinthe optional
Method
Rinse the glass with absinthe, shake the rest and strain in.
- Glass
- Coupe
- Ice
- None in the glass — served up, chilled
- Garnish
- Orange twist
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Takes
- About 3 minutes
- Strength
- Strong
- Style
- Sour
- Tastes
- citrus-forward and herbal
If you're missing something
- Triple sec → Cointreau or dry curaçao — the same category — Cointreau is the benchmark and worth the difference
Where it comes from
From Harry Craddock’s Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930, filed among the hangover cures. Craddock’s own note warns that four taken in swift succession will unrevive the corpse.
About this recipe
Charlie Tyler — Editor, Drinki
Specs cross-checked against standard published recipes and IBA measures.
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