professor

2 oz Gin (Tanqueray)
3/4 oz Lime Juice
3/4 oz Grenadine
1 dash Orange Bitters (Regan's)
1 dash Absinthe (1/2 bsp Butterfly)

Shake with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and garnish with a lime wedge (lime wheel).
Two Tuesdays ago, I reached for Michael Madrusan and Zara Young's A Spot at the Bar. There, I found the Professor as a note in the Gimlet section; the recipe without the absinthe is called the Debutante that they offer as a suggestion to Cosmo drinkers. Interestingly, the P.D.T. Cocktail Book lists another Professor that Madrusan came up with in 2007 that is a rhum-for-Scotch riff on the 1950s Chancellor Cocktail. This citrussy Professor gave forth an anise and lime bouquet to the nose. Next, berry and lime on the sip turned the page into gin, pomegranate, and absinthe's anise on the swallow. No great surprises here, but quite delightful of a Daisy regardless.