Nearly 100-Year-Old Cigar Cocktail

PH factor: 10

Recipe

Ingredients:

Cocktail

o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe

Supérieure

o 1 ½ ounces Mount Gay XO rum

o ½ ounce Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch

o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M.

o ½ ounce yellow Chartreuse

o 1 dash Angostura bitters or

to taste

Method:

1. Swirl absinthe to coat the

inside of a cocktail glass and

discard excess.

2. Stir remaining cocktail

ingredients over ice in a mixing

glass.

3. Serve up in the prepared

glass.

Remarks:

There's a lot going on here. It's

an after dinner or after a rough

day when you’ve settled into a

favorite, preferably leather chair

with no intention of getting up

anytime soon, drink.

Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.

. . .