Shake the first five ingredients and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with the drop of Swedish bitters.

Origin: A friend was writing a thriller novel that had to do with the Yakuza and asked me to come up with an original cocktail to include in the book. Apparently, the book also has something to do with stretch marks, and I’m having a hard time reconciling the two ideas. A must-read for that reason alone.

• 1 oz Blue Coat gin
• ¾ oz green Chartreuse
• ¾ oz maraschino
• ¼ tsp absinthe
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1 oz egg white

Dry shake fiercely to emulsify the egg white. Add ice, shake again, and double-strain into a cocktail glass.

• 1 ½ oz Tanqueray No. Ten gin
• ½ oz Lucid absinthe
• ½ oz maraschino
• 1 tsp Campari
• ¾ oz grapefruit juice
• 3 dashes cherry bitters

Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Flamed orange peel garnish.

• 2 oz gin
• ¾ oz dry vermouth
• ¼ oz maraschino
• ¼ tsp absinthe
• 1 dash orange bitters

Stir with cracked ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Lemon peel garnish.