The Modernista is a scotch whisky cocktail livened up by the addition of absinthe/pastis and arrack-based Swedish Punsch.^[1][2] It was listed in Ted Haigh's book Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, and is also known as the Modern Maid cocktail.^[3] A bitter cocktail balanced by punsch, it has been called "a sophisticated, if challenging, beverage".^[4]

• 2 ounces (1/2 gill, 6 cl) Scotch
• 1/2 ounce (1/8 gill, 1.5 cl) Dark Jamaican rum
• 1 teaspoon absinthe or pastis (Pernod, herbsaint, and richard all work)
• 1/2 ounce (1/8 gill, 1.5 cl) Swedish Punsch
• 1/2 ounce (1/8 gill, 1.5 cl) fresh lemon juice
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into cocktail glass.
• Add a lemon twist

Some variations substitute the scotch for gin.^[5] When sloe-gin is substituted for harder-to-find Swedish Punsch, the cocktail is listed as the Modern Cocktail No2 in The Savoy Cocktail Book,^[6] or simply as the Modern cocktail.^[7][8]

• List of cocktails

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List of cocktails: by ingredients, alphabetical
Absinthe	Corpse reviver Death in the Afternoon The Modernista Sazerac
Beer	Black and tan Black Velvet Boilermaker Hangman's blood Irish car bomb Michelada Porchcrawler Sake bomb Shandy Snakebite U-Boot Yorsh
Brandy	The Blenheim Brandy Manhattan Brandy sour Chicago cocktail Curaçao punch Four Score Hennchata Incredible Hulk Jack Rose Orgasm Savoy Affair Savoy Corpse Reviver Tom and Jerry Zombie
Cachaça	Batida Caipirinha Caju Amigo Leite de Onça Quentão Rabo-de-galo Royce
Champagne	Black Velvet Buck's Fizz Kir royal
Gin	20th Century Bijou Bronx Gibson Gimlet Gin and tonic Gin pahit Gin sour Hanky panky Last word Lime Rickey Lorraine Martini Mickey Slim My fair lady Old Etonian Paradise Pegu Pimm's cup Pink gin Pink Lady Royal Arrival Salty Dog Shirley Temple Black Tom Collins White lady Wolfram
Ouzo	Ouzini
Rum	Blue Hawaii Brass monkey Bumbo Bushwacker Cojito El Presidente Fish house punch Flaming Dr Pepper Flaming volcano Grog Gunfire Hurricane Jagertee Macuá Mai Tai Painkiller Royal Bermuda Rum and Coke Rum swizzle Ti' punch Tom and Jerry Tschunk Yellow bird Zombie
Sake	Ginza Mary Sake bomb Tamagozake
Tequila	Chimayó Juan Collins Matador Paloma Slammer Sunrise
Vodka	Appletini Astro pop Batida Bay Breeze BLT cocktail Blue Lagoon Bull Shot Caesar Caipivodka Cape Cod Chi-Chi Colombia Flirtini Gimlet Greyhound Hi-fi John Daly Kensington Court Special Lemon drop Lime Rickey Link Up Orange tundra Red Russian Rose Kennedy cocktail Salmiakki Koskenkorva Salty dog Screwdriver Vargtass Vodka Martini Vodka sunrise White Russian Woo Woo Yorsh
Whisky	Amber moon Blue blazer Bobby Burns Bourbon lancer Brooklyn Churchill Farnell Jungle juice Lynchburg lemonade Missouri mule Nixon Old Fashioned Rob Roy Seven and Seven Three wise men Ward 8 Whiskey and Coke Whisky Mac
See also	Cocktail party Craft cocktail movement Flaming drink Highball List of IBA official cocktails Mixed drink