Alembic (Death & Co. Recipe)

 

Alcohol my first have been made by Arabic alchemists in the middle ages, but it was the Dutch who invented Genever, the predecessor of gin. This spirit used juniper berries in the malted barley mash as well as juniper and other botanicals in the distillation to create a gin-like spirit with a rich nutty body and pale color. It is so much like whiskey, that you can use it in a Sazerac variation and it comes across as very much like the New Orlean's original. 

• absinthe
• 2 oz. Anchor Genevieve gin (Bols Barrel-Aged Genever used)
• 1/4 oz. demerara syrup
• 3 dashes Peychaud/s bitters
• 1 lemon twist garnish
  

Coat a double Old Fashioned glass with absinthe (Absente used) and add one large ice cube. In a mixing glass, stir the remaining ingredients with ice and strain into a absinthe-coated glass. Garnish with the lemon twist.