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Improved Gin Cocktail in a rocks glass, drawn with its ingredient layers

Improved Gin Cocktail

The Improved Gin Cocktail is a stirred gin cocktail, spirit-forward. It is made with Absinthe, Jenever, maraschino liqueur and more, served in a rocks glass over a large cube.

Strength: about 26% ABV in the glass, roughly 19 g of alcohol per drink (an estimate; brands and dilution vary).

The 1870s "improved" cocktail: a gin Old Fashioned lifted with maraschino and absinthe, originally made with Dutch genever.

Ingredients

Absintherinse
Jenever60 ml (2 oz)
Maraschino liqueur5 ml (¼ oz)
Simple syrup5 ml (¼ oz)
Angostura bitters2 dashes

Measures for one serve. Open the drink in Bar Bible to scale it to a batch or switch to ounces.

Method

  1. Add everything to a mixing glass with plenty of ice.
  2. Stir until very cold, about 30 seconds.
  3. Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
  4. Garnish with lemon twist.
Glass
Rocks glass
Ice
Large cube
Garnish
Lemon twist
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