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Galatoire Special

Name: Galatoire Special
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 dash Absinthe; 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 4 dash Creole bitters; 10 ml Chilled water

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Ingredients
3 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
4 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Rocks glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a ROCKS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of long lemon zest string.

Method

RINSE chilled glass with absinthe (swirl around to coat and discard excess) and set to one side.
STIR other ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into absinthe-rinsed glass.

Garnish

Garnish with lemon zest string knotted over cocktail (to EXPRESS oils) and dropped into glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Galatoire Special contains 180 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
27.8% alc./vol. (55.61° proof)
22.2 grams of pure alcohol

History

A bourbon-based Sazerac that has been the house cocktail at Galatoire's 33 Bar & Steak on Bourbon Street in New Orleans for "as long as anyone can remember", perhaps since Jean Galatoire opened his French cuisine-inspired restaurant in 1905.

Review

Bourbon, made easy by a little sugar and dilution with extra interest courtesy of a subtle touch of freshening anise.

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Makes a minimum of 6 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 31w

Safe. Do it.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

I just made this with a thirteen dollar bottle of J.T.S.Brown Bottled in bond bourbon (Heaven Hill Distilleries) and it was... frankly fabulous. What a wonderful way to drink bourbon!

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Love anything with absinthe. Not as spicy as the rye version, but softer and more delicate. Easy to drink. Thanks for including, I was in Galatoire's in the 1990s and it was spectacular

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