Black Magic

Black Magic

A riff on the Stinger →

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Ingredients

  •  
    absintheVieux Pontarlier, to rinse
  • 1 oz
    cognacHine H
  • 1 oz
    aged rumAngostura 5-year
  • ½ oz
    white crème de mentheMarie Brizard
  • 1 tsp
    Fernet-Branca
  • 1 tsp

Preparation

  1. 1.

    Rinse a coupe with absinthe and dump.

  2. 2.

    Stir the remaining ingredients over ice.

  3. 3.

    Strain into the coupe.

Notes

Bartender's notes This drink isn’t as harsh as the recipe makes it look. The minute amounts of absinthe and Fernet add a light herbaceous note to the duo of brandy and crème de menthe in the classic Stinger cocktail.

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Recipe by Thomas Waugh · Adapted from Death & Co