# Absinthe Cocktail

Anisette and aromatic bitters season a water-softened absinthe base in this short, shaken modern metric reading of the recipe Jerry Thomas published.

Strength: 24% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Absinthe](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/absinthe.md)
- 7.5 ml [Anisette](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/anisette.md)
- 1 dash [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)
- 45 ml [Water](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/water.md) — Use chilled still water.

## Glassware

Martini glass

## Garnish

- Lemon twist — Express the peel oils over the drink and retain the twist.

## Method

1. Shake all ingredients hard with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled Martini glass.

## Related drinks

- [Absinthe Frappé](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/absinthe-frappe.md): A bracing New Orleans cooler that softens absinthe’s anise and herbs with mint, sugar, soda, and crushed ice.
- [Green Beast](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/green-beast.md): Absinthe, lime, cucumber, sugar, and cold water make Charles Vexenat’s long green drink vivid and vegetal rather than merely anise-heavy.
- [Green Fairy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/green-fairy.md): Absinthe leads lemon, rich syrup, aromatic bitters, and egg white in Dick Bradsell’s poised, foaming 1990s London sour.
- [Canelazo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/canelazo.md): Ecuadorian cane aguardiente fortifies a hot infusion of panela and cinnamon in this direct, warming highland tradition.
- [Hot Toddy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hot-toddy.md): A spare whisky warmer softened with floral honey and scented with the oils of a broad lemon peel.
- [Rock Shandy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/rock-shandy.md): Equal sparkling lemonade and soda make South Africa’s brisk, bitters-striped long refresher, finished with lemon.
- [Orchard Street Cel’ry Soda](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/orchard-street-celry-soda.md): Amor y Amargo’s first menu stretched apple brandy and genever with saline celery, gingersnap bitters, and a dry charge of seltzer.
- [Old Fashioned](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/old-fashioned.md): A spirit-forward mixture of whiskey, bitters, sugar, and water served over ice.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/absinthe-cocktail
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/absinthe-cocktail-db6832ab.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/506/absinthe-cocktail-jerry-thomas