Joy Division

60 ml (2 oz) London dry gin
30 ml (1 oz) dry vermouth
15 ml (0.5 oz) Cointreau
3 dashes absinthe

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Notes

By Phil Ward in 2008 at Death and Co. in New York City. Essentially a riff on the classic Dry Martini with the addition of Cointreau for brightness and absinthe for herbal depth.

The cocktail is named after the English post-punk band Joy Division, whose name itself was taken from the 1955 novella "House of Dolls" by Ka-tzetnik 135633. Phil Ward was known for naming his drinks after bands and songs he loved, and this drink debuted during a period when Death and Co. was at the forefront of the modern cocktail renaissance in New York's East Village.