Bunny Hug

Name: Bunny Hug
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml London Dry Gin; 30 ml Blended Scotch Whisky; 30 ml Absinthe

From the Savoy Cocktail Book of 1930, named after a ragtime dance.

Ingredients

London Dry Gin30 ml

Blended Scotch Whisky30 ml

Absinthe30 ml

Glassware

Coupe glass

Chilled.

Method

1
Combine the gin, blended Scotch and absinthe in a shaker.
2
Add ice and shake hard for 10 seconds.
3
Fine-strain into a small chilled coupe.
4
Serve without garnish, and serve it short.

From the Bartender

From the Savoy Cocktail Book of 1930, named after a ragtime dance. It is a genuine historical curiosity rather than a nightly drink — pour it in 45ml total if you want to taste it rather than survive it. Some later versions cut the absinthe to a dash, which is sensible and much less interesting.

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