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Green Swizzle
Recipe adapted from David Wondrich
Yield: 1 cocktail
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: N/A
Total Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
2 ounces mellow dry gin, such as Plymouth or Ford's, or flavorful white rum, such as Banks 5 Island
1 ounce Velvet Falernum
½ ounce fresh lime juice
1 bar spoon wormwood bitters or absinthe*
Seltzer
Angostura bitters
Directions
1. Combine the gin, Velvet Falernum, lime juice, and wormwood bitters or absinthe in a Collins glass, then fill the glass with finely cracked or shaved ice. Top with a floater of seltzer.
2. Swizzle until the glass frosts, or you tire of swizzling (whichever happens first). Shake 6 to 8 dashes of Angostura bitters over the drink (enough to cover the top). Add a straw and serve immediately.
*If you're using absinthe, use a non-anise-y Czech variety, such as Mata Hari, rather than a French or domestic brand. If you're the maker sort, the bitters are ridiculously easy: Steep half an ounce or so of dried wormwood in a pint of Wray & Nephew White Overproof rum for 2 days, strain through a coffee filter, and bottle.