Absinthe Cocktails: 135 Recipes & Amounts

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La Fée

La Fée Parisienne Absinthe

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At a glance

Start with Death in the Afternoon

Death in the Afternoon takes about 4 minutes and lists 60 ml of absinthe.

A balanced built cocktail combining absinthe, champagne.

The strongest signals in Kokto’s five-axis profile are strength (3/5) and sweetness (2/5).

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Recipes to explore135

Required in135

Optional in0

Methods represented5

Measurements and preparation

How much absinthe should you use?

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60 ml

Death in the Afternoon

For 1 serving · Built · 4 minutes

Full recipe and measures

30 ml

Absinthe Cocktail

For 1 serving · Shaken · 4 minutes

Full recipe and measures

5 ml

Absinthe Martini

For 1 serving · Stirred · 4 minutes

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135 cocktails using Absinthe

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#87 cocktail on a dark studio background

5 ml · Built

Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

5 min · View recipe →

Absinthe Martini cocktail on a dark studio background

5 ml · Stirred

Fort Defiance's Pan American Clipper

5 min · View recipe →

Fourth Degree cocktail on a dark studio background

4 dash · Stirred

French Berry

6 min · View recipe →

Gage & Tollner's Turf cocktail on a dark studio background

0.25 teaspoon · Stirred

Génépy Suisse

5 min · View recipe →

Glen Canyon cocktail on a dark studio background

1 teaspoon · Stirred

Holy Ground’s Pan American Clipper

5 min · View recipe →

Holy Water’s Turf Club cocktail on a dark studio background

3 dash · Stirred

Jamie Boudreau’s Absinthe Frappé

5 min · View recipe →

Jardin Éphémère cocktail on a dark studio background

2 dash · Shaken

Le Sang Jaune (The Yellow Blood)

6 min · View recipe →

Leaves Of Grass cocktail on a dark studio background

5 ml · Stirred

Minnie the Moocher

5 min · View recipe →

Monkey Gland cocktail on a dark studio background

1 tablespoon · Shaken

Pisco Punch (Prosser's Recipe)

7 min · View recipe →

Pool (by J. E. Clapham) cocktail on a dark studio background

2.5 ml · Stirred

The Jungle Booby From The Polynesian

7 min · View recipe →

The Modern cocktail on a dark studio background

1 dash · Shaken

The Quill

5 min · View recipe →

The Sun Also Rises cocktail on a dark studio background

1 teaspoon · Shaken

Turf Club (1895, George Kappeler)

5 min · View recipe →

Tuxedo cocktail on a dark studio background

0.25 teaspoon · Stirred

Waldorf No. 1

5 min · View recipe →

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What to mix with absinthe

These ingredients appear together in the recipes above. Follow the full recipe for quantities and balance.

Lime Juice

Used with absinthe in 28 of the linked recipes.

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Aromatic bitters

Used with absinthe in 26 of the linked recipes.

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Dry Vermouth

Used with absinthe in 23 of the linked recipes.

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Lemon

Used with absinthe in 20 of the linked recipes.

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Lemon Juice

Used with absinthe in 20 of the linked recipes.

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Orange Bitters

Used with absinthe in 18 of the linked recipes.

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Quick answers

Absinthe cocktail questions

Which cocktails use absinthe?

Death in the Afternoon, Absinthe Cocktail, and Absinthe Martini use absinthe. Death in the Afternoon lists 60 ml for 1 serving. Compare the 135 recipes below for the remaining ingredients and preparation steps.

How much absinthe do I need for a cocktail?

Death in the Afternoon lists 60 ml for 1 serving; Absinthe Cocktail lists 30 ml for 1 serving; Absinthe Martini lists 5 ml for 1 serving. Use the amount in your chosen recipe: these examples are different drink specifications, not interchangeable ratios.

What else do I need to make Death in the Afternoon?

Alongside absinthe, the required ingredients for Death in the Afternoon are 90 ml champagne. Its built preparation takes about 4 minutes. Open the recipe for optional garnishes and the complete method.

Is absinthe required or optional?

Absinthe is required in 135 of the 135 linked recipes. Every recipe in this collection lists it as a required ingredient.

Evidence

Sources & editorial note

Recipe amounts, preparation notes and ingredient combinations come from Kokto’s dated 3006-recipe catalog. Counts cover this published set. Recipes are listed alphabetically; the quick starting point uses preparation time, then required-ingredient count. Taste scores are Kokto’s recipe profiles, not customer ratings. Ingredient combinations describe the linked recipes rather than substitution advice.

Death in the Afternoon: quantities, method and source notesCocktail App English editorial catalog B044
Absinthe Cocktail: quantities, method and source notesCocktail App English editorial catalog B043
Absinthe Martini: quantities, method and source notesCocktail App English editorial catalog B039
Kokto governed 3006-recipe catalogIngredient identity, required/optional status, amount and method

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La Fée Parisienne Absinthe

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How much absinthe should you use?

Death in the Afternoon

Absinthe Cocktail

Absinthe Martini

135 cocktails using Absinthe

#87

100 Year Old Cigar

151 Swizzle

Absinthe Cocktail

Absinthe Frappé

Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

Absinthe Martini

Absinthe Sour

Appetizer à L’Italienne

Apples 'n' Pears

Attention

Aunt Roberta

Banana Manhattan

Bernice

Billionaire

Blackthorn No. 3

Bombay No. 2

Bonsai

Brave Margot

Brunelle Frappé

Buckhorn Exchange

Calvados Sazerac

Charbonneau Way

Chartreuse Saz

Cherry Blossom No. 2

Chesapeake Junction

Chocolate Sazerac

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum #2

Coessential

Corpse Reviver No.4

Crosstree

Cut and Paste

Dama's Pan American Clipper

Dandylion

De La Louisiane

De La Louisiane #2

Dead Man's Mule

Death in the Afternoon

Dirty Harry

Doctor Funk

Dream Cocktail

Dry Tongue Therapy

Duchess

Dunhill

El Chapulín

El Niño Perdido

Equal-Parts Martini

Eric Alperin's Tuxedo No. 2

Expense Account

Fairy Sugar Mama

First Post

Fitzgerald No. 3

Flying Guillotine

Fort Defiance's Pan American Clipper

Fourth Degree

French 75 (Difford's recipe)

French Berry

Gage & Tollner's Turf

Génépy Suisse

Glen Canyon

Gloom Chaser

Green Beast

Green Deacon

Green Fairy

Greta Garbo

Hawkeye Martini

Hazards of Love

Hearn Cocktail

Heavy Handed

Hemingway

Holy Ground’s Pan American Clipper