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Death in the Afternoon

Absinthe topped with cold champagne. It goes cloudy the moment the wine hits it, and that is the drink telling you it is working.

GlassChampagne flute
GarnishNone
7ozChampagne Flute holds 7 oz of liquidTall and narrow, topped with sparkling wine.

Build

Absinthe1 oz30 ml1 ½ oz45 ml2 oz60 ml2 ½ oz75 ml3 oz90 ml
Sparkling wine100 ml, iced

Already built on your 1 oz30 ml pour.

Rescaled to your 1 ½ oz45 ml pour. Written around 1 oz30 ml.

Rescaled to your 2 oz60 ml pour. Written around 1 oz30 ml.

Rescaled to your 2 ½ oz75 ml pour. Written around 1 oz30 ml.

Rescaled to your 3 oz90 ml pour. Written around 1 oz30 ml.

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Method

  1. Pour the absinthe into a champagne flute.
  2. Top slowly with iced sparkling wine until it turns opalescent.

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