Black Magic

Name: Black Magic
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 tsp Simple Syrup; 1 rinse Absinthe; 30 ml Cognac; 15 ml Crème de Menthe; 1 tsp Fernet Branca; 30 ml Rum

Cognac and rum stirred with crème de menthe, a touch of sugar syrup and a teaspoon of Fernet Branca, over an absinthe rinse. Minty, anise-scented and bitter. Created by Thomas Waugh at Death & Co. in New York in 2009.

Thomas Waugh created the Black Magic at Death & Co. in New York in 2009 as a variation on the classic Stinger, adding an herbal note.

Method

Stirred

Glass

rocks

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Herbal

Sweet

Warm