Join Australia’s most lovable online alcohol subscription service, Gin Loot, and celebrate Halloween this year with a gin drink that is so delicious, it’s good enough to raise the dead!
The Corpse Revivers are a family of pre-prohibition drinks that were named for their hangover-curing properties. Many of the variants have struggled to adapt to the modern palate, but it is the No.2 version that has stood the test of time and become a popular and delicious gin classic.
As Harry Craddock said in the infamous 1930s The Savoy Cocktail Book (the most famous cocktail book of all time): “Four of these taken in swift succession will unrevive the corpse again” – so make sure to drink responsibly.
Ingredients
20ml Gin – Gin Loot recommends Lark Forty Spotted Tassie Bush Honey Gin
20ml Cointreau/Triple Sec
20ml Lillet Blanc
20ml lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
Rinse: Absinthe
Garnish: lemon peel
Ice Cubes (for shaking)
Cocktail glass
Instructions
Rinse a chilled cocktail glass with a splash of absinthe.
Add all your ingredients to the shaker.
Fill shaker to the brim with cubes of ice.
Shake hard for 30 seconds.
Fine strain into the chilled, absinthe-rinsed cocktail glass.
Tim Laferla Gin Loot’s resident GINius shares his top tips to creating this spooky spirited cocktail: “Remember to chill your glass in the freezer for 5 minutes before you fill it, to keep your drink colder and fresher for longer. Fine straining through a mesh strainer (like a tea strainer), removes all the small ice chips to create a silky smooth texture”.
How to make a Corpse Reviver cocktail this Halloween
