Name: Obituary Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 ounces gin; ¼ ounce dry vermouth; ¼ ounce absinthe

Photo by Colin Price

Basically, this is a Martini made intriguing by a splash of absinthe. If this ends up being your deathbed drink, you didn’t do too badly.

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