Arsenic and Old Lace Martini

Name: Arsenic and Old Lace Martini
Ingredients: 2 oz Gin; ¾ oz Vermouth; ¼ oz Violet liqueur; rinse Absinthe — used to rinse the glass; Orange bitters — amount not specified in source

martini · gin

For the evening you want something faintly sinister in the glass and nowhere else. Violet stops at a quarter ounce and the absinthe rinse gets poured back out — push either one and you're drinking perfume. I crossed that line once, and the kitchen smelled like a florist all night.

Ingredients

2 ozGin
¾ ozVermouth
¼ ozViolet liqueur
rinseAbsinthe — used to rinse the glass
—Orange bitters — amount not specified in source

Method

Add all ingredients into shaker and mix like a normal martini. Pour into a glass with an absinthe rinse.