Sazerac
The official cocktail of New Orleans is here to party.
Equipment
- 1 Mixing Glass
- 1 Bar Spoon
- 1 Rocks Glass
Ingredients
- 2 ounces Rye Whiskey
- 1 cube Sugar
- 4 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
- ¼ ounce Absinthe (to rinse)
Instructions
- Fill a rocks glass with ice and place in the freezer to chill.
- Meanwhile, in a mixing glass, soak one sugar cube in 4 dashes of Angostura Bitters.
- Add 2 ounces of Rye whiskey to the mixing glass and stir to combine.
- Remove the glass from the freezer and discard the chilled ice.
- Fill the chilled glass with ¼ ounces of Absinthe and slowly roll it around the glass before discarding.
- Pour the Rye, bitters, and sugar mixture into the Absinthe-rinsed glass.
- Garnish with a twist of lemon.
Notes
- Use 1/2 ounces of simple syrup in place of a sugar cube, if preferred.