Absinthe is a drink with a rough reputation. You’ve likely heard that it’s illegal, it makes you hallucinate, it can kill you, etc. All of this couldn’t be further from the truth. For more on that, check out my post from earlier this year honoring National Absinthe Day. In there, you’ll learn the true history of the Green Fairy, find the common myths debunked, and truths exposed.

But that’s not what we’re here for today. As you very well know by now, all summer we’ve been featuring a different cocktail each week. This week, we decided to go with something a little different. It’s called the Rattlesnake Fizz. Now, even we were skeptical, as none of us had tried this before. But we made it yesterday, and all of us (5 people in total) loved it.

So check out the recipe below, and give it a try. You might be surprised you have a taste for absinthe, and this could open a lot of new doors for you in terms of cocktails. Cheers!

The Absinthe Rattlesnake Fizz

(Taken from A Taste for Absinthe: 65 Recipes for Classic and Contemporary Cocktails by R. Winston Guthrie with James F. Thompson

Ingredients (Serves 1)

• 2 oz. Rye Whiskey
• ¼ oz.  Absinthe
• 1 oz. Freshly Squeezed  Lemon Juice
• 1 tsp. Sugar (or Sugar Cubes)   
• 1 Egg (for Egg White)
• Ginger Ale 
• Angostura Aromatic Cocktail Bitters 

Tools Needed

• Cocktail Jigger 
• Highball or Tom Collins Glass
• Lemon Juicer 
• Cocktail Strainer Basket 

Preparation Instructions

1. Add absinthe, whiskey, lemon juice, sugar, and egg white into a cocktail shaker filled with crushed ice.

2. Shake vigorously until the shaker is well-chilled and frosty on the outside.

3. Pour through the cocktail strainer into a highball glass.

4. Top with ginger ale, add a few drops of bitters for garnish, and enjoy!

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