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Lillet Blanc: Lillet (“Lil-lay”) Blanc is a fortified wine from Bordeaux. Yes, it’s expensive, but it’s such a big part of this drink, something bad will weigh down the whole ship. Nor would I sub Cointreau for cheaper triple-secs. I wouldn’t go Grand Marnier or Curacao the brandy base of those will bring heavy oak and vanilla flavors that will weigh down the brightness of the cocktail. Cointreau’s clean orange infusion and moderate sweetness are perfect for this drink. Bottled, pasteurized lemon juice is technically acceptable, but I think you know you’re better than that.Ĭointreau: The brand is called for by name in the recipe, and it’s a good idea to listen. Lemon Juice: Fresh lemon juice is vital here, both for brightness and for sufficient acidity. Beefeater, Tanqueray, and Bombay all work well.

It’s role here is as much backbone as anything, so you want a robust gin with a strong juniper presence. It is one of those drinks that you keep going back to because every sip shows you something new.

#CORPSE REVIVER 2 RECIPE FULL#

With Cointreau weighing in at a full 80 proof, it’s deceptively punchy, but not overwhelmingly so. It’s tart, bright, juicy and easy, but also somehow simultaneously deep and complex and herbal, the ingredients fitting together tight as a jazz quartet. 2 is equal parts gin, lemon, Cointreau and Lillet Blanc, with a couple dashes of absinthe. 2 and faith is immediately restored, as it is perhaps the best brunch cocktail ever created.Ĭorpse Reviver No. Then you turn the page and get to the Corpse Reviver No. 1 is essentially a brandy Manhattan that Craddock specifically recommends “before 11 am,” and is so puzzling, so ill-suited to morning drinking, it makes one question the authority of the whole book. In his legendary 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book, Harry Craddock includes two recipes for Corpse Revivers No. In Germany, they refer to it as a “repair beer.” In China, the phrase translates to “drink that brings back your soul.” Across the 1800s, they were generally referred to as “eye-openers,” “phlegm-cutters,” “fillips,” “jorums,” “bracers,” and, my personal favorite, “anti-fogmatics.” And in the early 1900s, some purpose-driven bartenders went and named their recipes after this very principle, which gives us the cocktail family of “Corpse Revivers.” Inside the Fleur Room, LA's Hottest New Reservation-Only Cocktail Bar Japan Wants Young Adults to Drink More Alcohol. Here Comes the Fun Police: Hamptons Officials Are Cracking Down on Restaurants Over Outdoor Dining