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• Method: shake
• Glass: Nick & Nora glass
• Ice: Ice
• Garnish: Spanish caper
• ABV: 21%

Ingredients

• Rutte Dry Gin — 1⅓ oz (40 ml)
• Lillet Blanc (or other aromatized wine) — ⅔ oz (20 ml)
• Mentzendorff Kümmel liqueur — ¼ oz (5 ml)
• Celery bitters — 1 dash
• La Fée Parisienne absinthe — 1 dash

How to make it

1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
2. Fine strain into chilled glass.
3. Serve.

An exquisite cocktail with gin and aromatized wine.

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