A New Orleans cafe classic in which anise-forward absinthe is poured over crushed ice with fresh mint and a splash of soda, yielding a frosty, licorice-scented cooler.

Absinthe Frappé

A stirred Irish whiskey classic splitting the spirit with dry vermouth and anointing it with Peychaud's and absinthe for a dry, anise-perfumed sipper.

Black Thorn

Harry Craddock's 1930 hangover cure of gin, Lillet Blanc, orange liqueur, and lemon with an absinthe-rinsed glass — bright, dry, subtly anise-kissed, and perilously drinkable.

Corpse Reviver #2

A New Orleans counterpart to the Sazerac, stirring rye with sweet vermouth, Bénédictine, and an absinthe rinse, pouring layered, licorice-tinged, and richly Creole.

De La Louisiane

Hemingway's notorious two-ingredient pour of absinthe topped with Champagne clouds milky-green and drinks bone-dry, with anise rising off every bubble.

Death in the Afternoon

A Samoan-born tiki drink of dark rum, lemon, and grenadine topped with soda and a breath of absinthe, delivering bright fruit over anise-tinged funk.

Doctor Funk

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.

Fourth Degree

A low-proof absinthe punch created by Charles Vexenat, pairing cool cucumber and soda with licorice spirit, lime, and sugar for a surprisingly gentle, garden-fresh sipper.

Green Beast

A complex tiki build stacking dark and light rums over grapefruit, falernum, allspice dram, bitters, and a whisper of absinthe — deep, spiced, and aromatically layered.

Jet Pilot

A 1920s Parisian oddity that lifts gin and orange juice with grenadine and a mist of absinthe, turning a simple breakfast pairing into a faintly anise-scented, fruit-forward brunch sip.

Monkey Gland

A 19th-century Scotch fizz laced with absinthe, shaken with lemon and egg white and lengthened with soda for a frothy, anise-tinged eye-opener once prescribed as a hangover cure.

Morning Glory Fizz

A silver whiskey sour by Harry Craddock kissed with absinthe and egg white, shaking up cloudy, frothy, and coiled with a licorice sting beneath the lemon.

Rattlesnake

A stirred, absinthe-rinsed cousin of the Manhattan built on rye, sweet vermouth, and Cherry Heering, weaving warm spice, dark cherry, and a whisper of anise into a brooding sipper.

Remember the Maine

New Orleans' official cocktail, a rye (originally cognac) build with Peychaud's bitters and sugar served in an absinthe-rinsed glass, drinking spirit-forward, anise-scented, and unmistakably Creole.

Sazerac

A layered shooter with sambuca floating beneath Irish cream, delivering a striped sip where licorice-forward anise meets silky, vanilla-laced dairy.

Slippery Nipple

A pre-Prohibition gin-and-dry-vermouth martini variant laced with maraschino and absinthe, landing herbaceous, aromatic, and more complex than its short ingredient list suggests.

Turf Cocktail

An elegant pre-Prohibition Martini variant where dry vermouth meets a whisper of maraschino and absinthe over gin, producing a dry, perfumed sip with nutty cherry and faint licorice.

Tuxedo

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