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title: "Shake It Out & Reinventing the Cocktail with Kworq"
slug: "blog/corpsereviver"
date: "2015-08-28T15:22:43+00:00"
updated: "2026-09-11T05:31:27.5+00:00"
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![Shake It Out – Reinventing the Cocktail with Kworq](https://kworq.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,///a-us.storyblok.com/f/1023889/bba8beec4c/blog_cover_4-01-scaled.jpg)

This week, we carefully tested and analyzed (drank) the *Corpse Reviver No. 2*

In case you"re not familiar with us here at Kworq, we are a fan of the cocktail. Such fans, that we thought it would be cool to take one of our favorite things and figure out how to tell a story around it. I like to think of it as an excuse to drink disguised as an exercise in creativity. But you can be the judge of that.

## What It Is

The Corpse Reviver cocktails were a series of strong concoctions made to snap you to life the morning after a bender. Creator, [Harry Craddock](http://punchdrink.com/articles/being-harry-craddock/) would say that it was "To be taken before 11 a.m., or whenever steam and energy are needed."

## Why We Wanted To Make It

We wanted something classic, strong, and with a good story. Harry Craddock is legendary in the cocktail world after writing the bartender"s bible, ["The Savoy Cocktail Book."](http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2013/09/best-drinks-from-savoy-cocktail-book-recipes-harry-craddock-historical-classic-cocktails.html)  The Corpse Reviver No. 2 and its predecessor were a couple of his most popular. Plus, it was fun to play around with how we wanted to visually portray the drink.

## Why the bones?

Because surviving a bad hangover is like being resurrected from the dead. You don"t want to be there and no one wants you there.

## The Verdict

The Corpse Reviver No. 2 gets a couple thumbs up from us. But she"s a stiff one.

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