An Obituary combines gin, dry vermouth and absinthe with a lemon peel garnish. It is yet another in the large family of Corpse Reviver cocktails. We got our recipe from Rebekah Peppler in The New York Times who informs us the drink is also sometimes known as Death in the Afternoon.
My wife is the one who found the recipe and requested the drink, a bit of a surprise given her usual aversion to anise. The absinthe is the flavor carrier here, though it's light. A stronger gin (I used Seagram's Extra Dry) might compete better though I don't think that would be the right choice at our house. We both enjoyed the result - perhaps worth remembering as a martini variant, too.
Sadly appropriate for the name of the drink, I have sad news to share. One of our beloved cats, known here as The Little Squirt (black kitty with a tiny white priest collar - relatively camera shy compared to The Scamp, our most obliging cocktail model), recently passed away. The house always feels out of balance if we don't have two cats so we got another not long afterwards. He's an extremely affectionate adult male ginger who is presently eager for me to stop typing so I'll pet him. We're still getting to know each other so I don't have a good code name for him yet. Stay tuned.
RIP, little one...
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