Corpse Reviver Blue recipe

Name: Corpse Reviver Blue
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 0.75 oz Gin; 0.75 oz Blue Curacao; 0.75 oz Cointreau; 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice; 1 dash Absinthe

A vivid blue Corpse Reviver riff with gin, citrus, blue curaçao and an absinthe whisper.

Method: Shake · Glass: Coupe · Time: 3 min · Difficulty: Advanced · Family: The Sidecar Family

Ingredients

0.75 oz Gin
0.75 oz Blue Curacao
0.75 oz Cointreau
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1 dash Absinthe

How to make a Corpse Reviver Blue

Rinse a chilled coupe with absinthe and discard the excess.
Add gin, blue curaçao, Cointreau and lemon juice to a shaker with ice.
Shake well for 12–15 seconds.
Strain into the prepared coupe and garnish with orange.

Garnish

Orange twist.

Pro tip

Use a blue curaçao with real orange flavor; the color is fun, but citrus balance should still lead the drink.

History of the Corpse Reviver Blue

This contemporary visual riff keeps the Corpse Reviver No. 2 structure but swaps its aperitif wine element for blue curaçao.

Flavour profile

Citrus, Orange, Anise, Bright

Variations

Corpse Reviver No. 2 — Return to Lillet Blanc and Cointreau
Corpse Reviver No. 1 — Use Cognac, Calvados and sweet vermouth
Modern No. 2 — Use Cocchi Americano for a bitterer aperitif profile

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