A spookily delicious cocktail recipe.
A favorite cocktail we occasionally feature at the Roadhouse is the Corpse Reviver no. 2. The original Corpse Reviver can be traced back at least to the 1930s, with ties to the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in London. The drinks are aptly named because they are meant to be drunk as a hangover “cure”, with enough potency to be able to revive a dead person. Both the original and the no. 2 appear in the Savoy Cocktail Book, written in 1930 by the head bartender at the Savoy, Harry Craddock. The no. 2 recipe called for gin, lemon juice, curaçao (commonly Cointreau), Kina Lillet (now usually replaced with Cocchi Americano or Lillet Blanc), and a dash of absinthe. A note in the book cautions us that “Four of these taken in swift succession will unrevive the corpse again.”
Variations of the Reviver concocted over the years compromise a full family of morning-after cocktails, but the no. 2 will always be a Roadhouse favorite. Stop in any time for one, but if you wish to scare your friends with something yummy at your Halloween party, here is our recipe:
Corpse Reviver no.2
Corpse Reviver No. 2
Equipment
- cocktail Glass
Ingredients
- .75 oz Plymouth Gin
- .75 oz Lillet Blanc
- .75 oz Cointreau
- .75 oz Lemon Juice
- Rinse Absinthe
- Luxardo Cherry
Instructions
- Rinse a chilled cocktail glass with absinthe
- Shake gin, lillet blanc, cointreau, lemon juice in a cocktail glass filled with ice
- Then double strain the remaining ingredients into the glass
- Add a Luxardo cherry for a full ghostly effect.