Absinthe #2

Classification: absinthe, liquer

Source: Originally from Jolly Pancakes (jcp@islay.dco.dec.com) Reposted by Chris Shenton (css@boa.ccsf.caltech.edu) 6/9/92

Ingredients:

1 cup, vodka
1 teaspoon, crumbled wormwood
2 tablespoons, chopped peppermint leaves
1 piece, lemon peel, 3/4" x 2"
1/3 to 1/2 cup, sugar syrup

Procedure:

Steep wormwood in vodka for 48 hours. Strain out and add peppermint leaves and lemon peel. Steep for 8 days, strain nd sweeten. Smells good but is more bitter than #1.