Get The Baxter Inn's recipe for the Rattlesnake cocktail

The Rattlesnake cocktail dates back to 1930's The Savoy Cocktail Book, and is essentially a whiskey sour with a little bite — hence the name, we presume.

Get The Baxter Inn's recipe for the Rattlesnake cocktail

The Baxter Inn is a must-visit bar for any drinker worth a dram or two, and that's down to their hospitality — there's few bars better at it — and their drinks.

Like this here Rattlesnake cocktail. The Rattlesnake dates back to 1930's The Savoy Cocktail Book, and is essentially a whiskey sour with a little bite — hence the name, we presume.

That bite comes by way of a little absinthe. Absinthe is one of those cocktail ingredients that are often used sparingly: a little dash or two or three, and you'll take a regular Whiskey Sour and send it into the stars.

The Baxter Inn employs a little mandarin syrup here to give the drink a little twist from its classic formulation.

The Baxter Inn is one of Australia's most awarded bars and for good reason: here, it's about delicious drinks and old fashioned (read: great) hospitality.

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Ingredients

  • 50ml rye whiskey
  • 20ml mandarin syrup
  • 25ml lemon juice
  • 15ml egg white
  • 3 dashes absinthe

Instructions

  1. Shake all ingredients (including egg white) without ice to emulsify. Shake again with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a sprig of dill.

Recipe from The Baxter Inn, Sydney.