Name: Calvados Sazerac
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2.5 ml Absinthe verte (green); 50 ml Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack; 15 ml Whisk(e)y - Rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.); 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix); 3 Peychaud's / Creole bitters; 1 Angostura or other aromatic bitters

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Photographed in an

UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist expressed & discarded. Garnish with a lemon zest knot

How to make:

POUR absinthe into chilled glass and roll glass so as to coat the inside with absinthe. Discard excess and set glass aside. STIR other ingredients with ice and strain into absinthe-rinsed glass.

¹⁄₁₂ shot	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 ²⁄₃ shot	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
¹⁄₂ shot	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₃ shot	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
3 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in February 2023 by Kaitlin Wilkes for Avallen Calvados.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Calvados Sazerac contains 202 calories.

Alcohol content:

2.3 standardglas
31.98% alc./vol. (63.96° proof)
25.2 grams of pure alcohol

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