Remember the Maine
StirredNick & Nora
Ingredients
- absintheVieux Pontarlier – to rinse (Vieux Pontarlier – to rinse)
- 2 ozrye whiskeyRittenhouse 100 (Rittenhouse 100)
- ¾ ozsweet vermouthCocchi di Torino (Cocchi di Torino)
- ¼ ozcherry liqueurPeter Heering (Peter Heering)
- ¼ ozcherry brandyMassenez Kirsch Vieux (Massenez Kirsch Vieux)
- 2 dashesabsintheVieux Pontarlier (Vieux Pontarlier)
Garnish: lemon twist
Preparation
- 1.
Rinse a Nick & Nora glass with absinthe and dump.
- 2.
Stir the remaining ingredients over ice, then strain into the glass.
- 3.
Garnish with a lemon twist (or brandied cherry).
Notes
A bit of history
This drink commemorates the 1898 sinking of the USS Maine, which precipitated the Spanish-American War.
On the garnish
While Death & Co's recipe calls for a lemon twist, the photo above shows a brandied cherry, a perfectly acceptable substitute that many alternative versions of this recipe employ.
