Drinks named for writers

You booze hounds have been quiet, so I decided you needed a drink. This likely would lead to death in the afternoon.

Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon

Ingredients

1 1/2 ounces absinthe
4 ounces Brut champagne


Glass Type: champagne flute

Instructions

Pour absinthe into a champagne flute and add iced brut champagne until it clouds up -- at least 4 ounces.

Short of foreign travel, if you lack the kind of decadent friends who engage in pretentious pursuits like bootlegging absinthe, there are a couple of legal alternatives. For what our dear editor likes to call the "Near Death Experience," use Absente, the new -- legal -- absinthe substitute that's been promoted of late; it's 110-proof (the real stuff is always real strong, whatever its other attributes). If you prefer to keep the Man in Black safely at arm's length, try using a mere ounce of Pernod (or other 80-proof pastis). We'll call that the Paper Cut.

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The Crowley Cup (by/for Aleister Crowley).

I've been buying real, legal absinthe for several years now. It's between 125 and 130 proof. It has a MOST pronounced licorice or anisette flavor. BE CAREFUL. It's easy to drink and one can lose track of how many one has had easily.