Cocktail Hour: Death in the Afternoon

by Jonathan M. Forester, Posted Nov 2nd 2008 @ 4:00PM

After a week spent wandering the halls of Tales of the Cocktail in July 2008, sipping many finely stirred and shaken libations; I said to myself, "These special cocktails need to be shared with the world." So I bring you Cocktail Hour, a finer way to celebrate the end of the day; with these recipes. They have either been created specifically for Tales of the Cocktail, or re-designed for a new approach on the traditional version by some of the top Mixologists in the world. Many are being presented to the public here for the first time. Enjoy!

Death in the Afternoon cocktail recipe after the jump

Death in the Afternoon

3 oz of brut cuvee champagne or sparkling wine
1-1/2 oz La Fee Absinthe

Pour absinthe into a chilled champagne flute. Add chilled champagne until the absinthe attains the proper opalescent milkiness.

Drink three to five of these slowly.
After three to five of these The Sun Also Rises.

Filed Under: Cocktail Hour, Drink Recipes
Tags: Death in the Afternoon, DeathInTheAfternoon, Tales of the Cocktail

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Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)

11-02-2008 @6:12PM Rio Yeti said... This was a cocktail created and enjoyed by Hemingway.

I tried it once with Lemercier Amer absinthe (better than La Fee in my opinion, even though still not great), it was interesting but honestly I still prefer to either drink a good champagne or a good louched absinthe.
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