Name: Corpse Reviver (Gin Cocktail With Lemon, Lillet, and Cointreau)
Yield: Serves 1
Ingredients: 1 ounce gin; 1/2 ounce Cointreau; 1/2 ounce Lillet Blonde; 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice; Dash Absinthe; Garnish: orange or lemon twist (optional)

Two glasses of Corpse Reviver cocktail next to a small dish of almonds.

Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich

Who cares what is in this cocktail? The name sold me when I read it in Harry Craddock's The Savoy Cocktail Book (1930). This is one of many variations.

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