sailor's guillotine

1 oz La Favorite Rhum Agricole (Rhum JM 100°)
1/4 oz Raff Emperor Norton Absinthe (Obsello)
1/2 oz Velvet Falernum
1/2 oz Green Chartreuse
1 oz Pineapple Juice
3/4 oz Lime Juice

Whip shake with crushed ice, pour into a Tiki mug, fill with crushed ice, and garnish with mint and star anise.Two Mondays ago, I reached for Trevor Felch's San Francisco Cocktails book that I recalled had a pineapple juice recipe that I had not made, and I sought out the Sailor's Guillotine from the Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar. A menu photo on Reddit had the description of "Absinthe was once cautioned as 'The Guillotine of the Soul'. Drink if you dare. This sea green concoction may cause you to lose your soul, or even your head." With the Chartreuse, falernum, pineapple, and lime, it reminded me of a Chartreuse Swizzle and (ignoring the pineapple aspect) a Nuclear Daiquiri, so I was game to give it a go. In the mug, the Sailor's Guillotine opened up with mint and anise aromas to the nose. Next, lime and pineapple notes on the sip crashed down upon grassy rum, pineapple, herbaceous, clove, and anise flavors on the swallow.