Modern No. 2 recipe

Name: Modern No. 2
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 0.75 oz Gin; 0.75 oz Cointreau; 0.75 oz Cocchi Americano; 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice; 1 dash Absinthe

A more bitter Corpse Reviver No. 2 built with Cocchi Americano in place of Lillet Blanc.

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

Ingredients

0.75 oz Gin
0.75 oz Cointreau
0.75 oz Cocchi Americano
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1 dash Absinthe

How to make a Modern No. 2

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

Garnish

Orange twist.

Pro tip

Cocchi Americano brings more quinine-like bitterness than Lillet; keep the equal-parts structure so the drink stays taut rather than austere.

History of the Modern No. 2

Modern Corpse Reviver riffs often use Cocchi Americano to give the No. 2 a more pronounced bitter aperitif character.

Flavour profile

Citrus, Bitter, Anise, Complex

Variations

Corpse Reviver No. 2 — Use Lillet Blanc for a softer classic profile
Corpse Reviver No. 1 — Use Cognac, Calvados and sweet vermouth
Corpse Reviver Blue — Use blue curaçao for a vivid citrus version

Practise making the Modern No. 2 in the free Virtual Bar game.