Name: Fourth Degree
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktails
Ingredients: 1 oz gin; 1 oz dry vermouth; 1 oz sweet vermouth; 4 absinthe

A pre-Prohibition martini variation splitting sweet and dry vermouth against London gin with a dash of absinthe, yielding a botanical, lightly licorice-tinged stirred aperitif.

combine and stir

cocktail glass

dry vermouth

sweet vermouth

absinthe

Fourth Degree

Cocktails with little residual sweetness, emphasizing spirit and botanical character. Dry drinks include classic martinis, bone-dry vermouth pours, and stirred, spirit-forward builds.

Cocktails with pronounced herbal or botanical character from mint, basil, sage, thyme, rosemary, Chartreuse, or herbal liqueurs. Herbal notes feel green, fresh, and aromatic.

Herbal

Cocktails carrying licorice or anise character from absinthe, pastis, sambuca, or anise-forward liqueurs. Anise is polarizing and unmistakable.

Anise

Lower-proof, often bitter cocktails served before a meal to whet the appetite. Think spritzes, vermouth-based drinks, and Campari builds.

Aperitif

Spirit-forward cocktails where the alcohol is the main event, typically stirred builds on ice. Boozy drinks reward sipping.

Fourth Degree

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