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Corpse Reviver Cocktails Have A History As Hangover Cures<\/h2>\n

The Corpse Reviver is a timeless tipple meant to heal that self inflicted wound known as the hangover by having some of the hair of the dog that bit you. First published in The Gentleman\u2019s Table Guide*<\/i> by E. Ricket & C. Thomas in 1871, it truly became a classic cocktail when arguably its most famous recipe formulation, Corpse Reviver #2, was included in the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While the Corpse Reviver #2 deserves a place on your drinks menu for taste alone, it may be the notes author and bartender Harry Craddock added to the bottom of each these two hangover remedies that helped extend their notoriety decades later. Although neither could be considered popular by any means, they have lived a librating life-cycle in the limelight, where the cocktail has become a corpse as a crowd pleaser only to be revived back from the dead a time or two.<\/p>\n

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Cocktail Revives Corpse As Halloween Zombie<\/h2>\n

After all this time it seems pretty doubtful the Corpse Reviver will ever achieve widespread acceptance as a brunch drink like the Mimosa<\/a> or Bloody Mary<\/a>. However, that\u2019s really not reason enough to banish this cocktail to only to be prepared in case of a hangover either.<\/p>\n

With a macabre moniker like Corpse Reviver, the obvious choice may be as a Halloween themed drink<\/a> to pair up with a Zombie Cocktail<\/a>. After all, a Zombie is an animated corpse revived back to life using mystical powers such as witchcraft. You\u2019ll think of other more festive occasions as well.<\/p>\n

Careful though. These are both strong drinks and too many will have you haunted with a hangover they both were meant to remedy. Its a vicious cycle that only moderation will cure.<\/p>\n

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How To Make A Corpse Reviver Drink For The Living Dead<\/h2>\n

Original Corpse Reviver Recipe (No. 92, Gentleman\u2019s Table Guide):<\/p>\n

Listed under American Drinks, the Gentleman\u2019s Table Guide<\/i> specifies using a wineglass with half brandy and half maraschino along with two dashes of Boker\u2019s bitters and no further instructions. Would suggest stirring in a chilled glass.<\/p>\n

Corpse Reviver Drink Recipe (No. 1, Savoy):<\/p>\n