21st Century (Jim Meehan's recipe)
Ingredients
- 1⁄6 oz Aniseed (anise) liqueur
- 2 oz Patrón Silver blanco tequila
- 3⁄4 oz White crème de cacao liqueur
- 3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Method
Glass:
Photographed in a Modern America Cocktail
Prepare:
- Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- No garnish to prepare.
Method:
- RINSE glass with anis (swirl around to coat and discard excess) and set to one side.
- SHAKE other ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into anis-rinsed glass.
Garnish:
- Serve naked, without garnish.
Nutrition:
One serving of 21st Century (Jim Meehan's recipe) contains 212 calories
History:
Jim Meehan created this tequila-based riff on the classically gin-based 20th Century Cocktail back in 2007 during his tenure at Manhattan's famous Pegu Club (subsequently recorded in his 2012 PDT Cocktail Book). Jim points out, "this cocktail was created before absinthe was legalized in the US- it was legalized that year- and in the same year the Oaxaca Old Fashioned was, as I had a sense that agave spirits would lead the zeitgeist in the 21st century- as they have." Jim was ahead of the popularity of absinthe and the rediscovery of the 20th Century Cocktail - he arguably dove it, especially State-side.
Review:
Jim Meehan is rightly proud of his ground-breaking tequila-based riff on the classic 20th Century and it is indeed both delicious and well-balanced. He created this before absinthe became available in the USA and now it is, I'd prefer to replace the anis liqueur rinse with a couple of dashes of absinthe incorporated with the other ingredients prior to shaking.
