Post #65939 by PiPhiRho on Mon, Dec 22, 2003 12:58 AM

Absinthe can be used to make one of the best cocktails ever. Even in New Orleans, where the drink was invented and is still served, it is made with pernod or herbsaint instead of absinthe, but Absinthe was what was used in the original recipe 100 years ago (give or take).

Put 2 or 3 icecubes in a cocktail shaker. Throw in a sugar cube (or a little simple syrup - I like a little falernum too), a half dozen shakes of peychauds bitters, and a jigger of good bourbon or rye whiskey (the original recipe called for rye). DO NOT USE CANADIAN WHISKEY. Shake it up until it's good and cold.

In a separate small rocks glass, put in about 1/2 teaspoon of absinthe. Roll the absinthe around in the glass so that it coats the sides of the glass. Strain the contents of the shaker (strain out the ice) into the absinth coated glass. Garnith with a lemon twist.

Now THAT is a cocktail!

PS: I have never had the real thing with real absinthe. The closest I got was using Absente, which is an absinthe substitute that uses southen wormwood rather than wormwood. The thujone content in Absente is just under the legal limit.