Sorry for the brief absence and I will get around to more cooking-based posts, but until then – here’s the latest mystery I’ve solved from Old Mr. Boston’s Bartender’s Guide is the Absinthe Cocktail.
Absinthe Cocktail
1 1/2 Oz. Absinthe Substitute
3/4 Oz. Water
1/4 Oz. Anisette
1 Dash of Orange Bitters
Shake well with cracked ice and strain into 3 oz. cocktail glass.
Absinthe was illegal when Old Mr Boston was first published, so the recipe calls for an absinthe substitute. Luckily, absinthe is once again legal, so I used the real thing. I made my absinthe cocktail with Kubler absinthe from Switzerland.
There are quite a few myths and legends surrounding absinthe. It’s been called everything from the green devil to the little green fairy, and it’s been blamed for many acts of debauchery and insanity.
How was I affected by absinthe? After my first drink, I felt a little light headed. After my second drink, I got sleepy. I sat down on the couch and the next thing I knew, my friend was handing me a glass of water. I took the water in hand and politely said, “thank you.” My friends standing in the kitchen look over to me on the couch and ask, “who are you talking to?” There was no glass of water in my hand. There was no friend standing there to thank… I’d just had the most boring absinthe hallucination in history.
In the end, I wasn’t a big fan of the absinthe cocktail. Absinthe tastes too much black licorice for my taste. However, I did learn the importance of always saying please and thank you, even to absinthe induced hallucinations. It’s just good manners.
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