Rattlesnake

Ingredients

• 2 oz Rye Whiskey
• 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
• 1 Egg White
• 1 dash Absinthe
• Lemon peel · optional garnish

Method

1. 1

   Add the rye, lemon juice, simple syrup, egg white, and absinthe to a shaker WITHOUT ice and dry-shake hard for 10 seconds.

2. 2

   Add ice and shake again until well-chilled.

3. 3

   Strain into a chilled coupe.

4. 4

   Express a lemon peel over the drink and drop it in.

The Story

The Rattlesnake is an early cocktail-book sour that adds egg white and a hint of absinthe to rye whiskey. The absinthe is the sting in the tail, a faint anise note that sets it apart from a standard Whiskey Sour.