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Mint Cocktail

Mahoney's Mint Cocktail is a strained whiskey aromatic built from crushed mint, orange bitters, syrup, and absinthe.

mint · bitter · anise · oaky · aperitif · formal

Served in Cocktail glass. Ice: Cracked ice.

Variants (2)

The Hoffman House Bartender's Guide by Charles S. Mahoney (1905, p.153)

1 dashAbsinthe — Apsinthebase
3 sprigsmint — fresh mintbase
1 jiggerWhiskey base
2 dashesorange bitters — Orange Bittersbitter
1 squirtseltzer dilution
ice — cracked iceother
2 dashessyrup sweetener
  1. Mix the crushed mint, orange bitters, syrup, absinthe, whiskey, cracked ice, and a squirt of seltzer with a spoon.
  2. Strain into a cocktail glass and serve.

Ice: Cracked ice

Harry of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails by Harry of Ciro's (1923, p.59) — Harry of Ciro's 1923

1 dashAbsinthe base
0.75 partBourbon whiskey — Bourbon Whiskybase
1 dashorange bitters — Orange Bittersbase
1 dashAngostura bitters — Angostura Bittersbitter
mint — Fresh Mintother
2 dashesGomme syrup — Gomme Syrupsweetener
  1. Add a few sprigs of fresh mint, shake well, and strain into cocktail glass.

Garnish: Fresh mint

This matters because it preserves a compact mint-and-absinthe whiskey cocktail branch separate from julep service.

The fresh mint is integrated into the shaken cocktail itself rather than just decorative service.

Lineage reconciliation

See also: Mint Julep, Whiskey Cocktail