Potato Head theory of mixology - Gaelan came up with this ginger-spiced mashup of Corpse Reviver No. In tribute to the medicinal roots of amari, absinthe, and ginger - and emblematic of the powerful Mr. But the first craft cocktail he really fell in love with was one of its descendants, the neoclassic Paper Planes (equal parts bourbon, Aperol, Amaro Nonino and lemon juice).
2 at the bygone Greenleaf's Pool Room and has kept it as a go-to ever since. Gaelan Rose, and consultant Gaelan Rose had his first Corpse Reviver No. Add some lemon juice and rinse liberally with absinthe, et voilà!Ĭombine everything except the absinthe in a shaker. But he garnishes with juniper berries, as a nod to the subbed-out spirit. Then because they have no gin, he uses Mt. And instead of Cointreau, he uses Pierre Ferrand dry curacao, which is made with brandy. Defiance’s sweet vermouth is fortified with their own apple brandy, so that’s two of the three. 2 but also cleverly incorporates all three components of the Corpse Reviver No. But that didn’t stop Mt Defiance Cocktail Coordinator Duncan Coltharp from flexing his mixological creativity to come up with this concoction that’s structured like a Corpse Reviver No. Nowadays, though absinthe’s name has been cleared, Virginia ABC law still prohibits distillery bars from using more than one outside spirit in their tasting room cocktails. An exact parallel to the story of cannabis, but with classist instead of racist overtones.Īnd the campaign worked just as well, too - 150 years later, and people still associate absinthe with poison and witchery. That’s just leftover propaganda from a mid-19th-century lobbying war by the faltering wine industry against the wildly popular absinthe. Which, by the way, won’t make you hallucinate or see the green fairy. Defiance is a tribute to the category, distilled with botanicals mostly grown in their own garden, including the wormwood. in 2007, it was only a matter of time before someone in Virginia started distilling it. 1.5ĭuncan Coltharp, absinthe finally became legal in the U.S. Her secret? Rinsing the glass with apple cider vinegar to awaken the senses. Someone very familiar, however, is Jessica Bradley, who creates a playful variation of the Corpse Reviver’s third iteration at Grandstaff & Stein.
The less familiar and less prevalent Corpse Reviver No. 2, Gaelan Rose of Crafted serves the Inflight Reviver, a blend of amaro, ginger and scotch, meant to soothe the dispirited stomach. Inspired by a neoclassic descendant of the Corpse Reviver No. 1.5, it uses the distillery’s own rum, apple brandy and sweet vermouth. Defiance Distillery in Middleburg, hyperlocal absinthe finds itself in Cocktail Coordinator Duncan Coltharp's mashup of the two Craddock classics. 3 – equal parts brandy, Fernet Branca and creme de menthe, stirred ‘Hair of the Dog’Īt Mt. 2 = equal parts gin, dry Curacao, Cocchi Bianco, lemon juice and a splash of absintheĬorpse Reviver No. 1 = two parts brandy, one part Calvados (apple brandy), one part rosso vermouthĬorpse Reviver No. In a time when health care was equal parts herbal lore and sorcery, a concoction called a “corpse reviver” might mean anything - depending on the mixer’s magic.īy the early 20th century, though, Harry Craddock’s “The Savoy Cocktail Book” touted the cocktail as something “to be taken before 11 a.m., or whenever steam and energy are needed.” Read: a brazen claim for a hangover remedy.Ĭorpse Reviver No.
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