The carol for Day 4 of the Advent Calendar is Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence. The text for this carol most likely originated as an ancient Greek chant (like 5th century ancient) but it wasn't until Ralph Vaughan Williams translated a hymn version that it became more frequently used in Protestant services. While the language is archaic, the hymn has grown enough in popularity that it is a common addition to the modern hymnal.
Our first thought for this cocktail was a drink with an equally grisly name, a Corpse Reviver. Corspe Revivers are a group of classic cocktails that were used by turn of the century imbibers to help with their morning hangovers. A bit of the "hair of the dog" if you will. Or something to help revive you when you feel like the dead. The most popular of these drinks is the Corpse Reviver #2 which consists of gin, an orange liqueur, lemon juice, Lillet Blanc & an absinthe rinse. Given this general formula, we played a little with the components, keeping the gin and subsituting in lime juice, yellow chartreuse for absinthe and some fernet branca. The result has a similar taste of the original cocktail but with a more herbeceous and caramel taste.
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence Cocktail
1 oz yellow chartreuse
1 oz gin (we used Ungava)
1 oz Tuaca
1 oz lime juice
1 bar spoon Ferent Branca
Cocktail glass
Pour all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until chilled. Pour into a cocktail glass and garnish with a piece of lime rind.
Cocktail Notes
The Tuaca has a citrus taste but also adds a slight caramel flavour. The chartreuse adds a more herbacous taste than the original has but plays well with the lime juice. The addition of the Fernet Branca helps round out the cocktail.
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