Sloe Gin cocktail

This recipe is taken from the Chicago Tribune & I'm posting here so that I can remember it:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/family/chi-1213-drink-sloe-gindec13,0,112949.story

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Makes: 1 cocktail

Charles Joly, chief mixologist at The Drawing Room, uses Plymouth Sloe Gin and Sirene Absinthe Verte by North Shore Distillery in this drink.

¾

ounces sloe gin

¼

ounce absinthe

¾

ounce fresh lemon juice

¼

ounce simple syrup

3

to 4 ounces Champagne

3

drops Peychaud's bitters

Pour sloe gin, absinthe, lemon juice and simple syrup into an ice-filled cocktail shaker; shake until chilled. Strain into a flute glass. Slowly pour Champagne into flute to fill. Top with bitters. Grab your favorite Hemingway novel and enjoy.