Name: Highland Sazerac
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 5 ml Chartreuse Green; 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Single malt Scotch whisky; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 3 dash Creole bitters; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Ingredients

1/6 fl oz

Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

1 1/2 fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

1/2 fl oz

Single malt Scotch whisky (Speyside)

1/4 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

3 dash

Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

2 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

POUR Chartreuse into glass and twirl to coat inside with liqueur.

Fill glass with ice and set aside.

Separately, STIR other ingredients with ice in mixing glass.

DISCARD contents of glass (Chartreuse and ice).

FILL Chartreuse-coated glass with fresh ice and STRAIN contents of mixing glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Highland Sazerac contains 177 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
29.13% alc./vol. (58.26° proof)
21.6 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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John Champion 1 year ago

An atomizer really is a game changer for these types of cocktails. I've always used an atomizer for absinthe because I can't stand to waste it, but it's obviously even more valuable for Chartreuse. I keep atomizers of absinthe, Chartreuse, Angostura, and Laphroaig on hand. Practical but also always very cool for your guests!

Vaclav Alex Kyslik 1 year ago

I wonder if the plastic parts like the straw inside and other parts would leach chemicals in it after some time with such a high abv if stored permanently

John CARR 1 year ago

Agreed. In a commercial bar situation the high turnover world be fine, but at home I’d discourage it, except for frequent use items, or perhaps for parties. I haven’t seenPCB-free spray bottles for sale myself, tho I haven’t actively looked. Personally I do keep an absinthe spritzer on standby, as it gets reasonably frequent use.

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Frederic D. 2 years ago

Very nice cocktail. It feels a bit softer and smoother to me than a traditional Sazerac. I used Glenlivet 12 and Remy Martin 1738. A little bit of time I'm the glass also helped smooth it out.

Caitlin 3 years ago

I made this for my mother, a single-malt whiskey fan. I used her 17YO Glenburgie scotch - it went down well. I didn't want to waste any Green Chartreuse, so I used an atomiser which seemed to work well. No lemon, so I had to make do with a blood orange peel.

Georgann Meadows 3 years ago

"DISCARD...the Chartreuse"?! Seriously, these days?!!! Thank you for not wasting it in your version!?

John Hinojos 4 years ago

This was great. I found it a bit smoother than the regular New Orleans Sazerac. We had it to end Burn's Night with some shortbread. A perfect after-dinner cocktail.

jason keane 5 years ago

Geez- $95 a bottle and it gets thrown away? ;-)

Jane Ryan 5 years ago

Good point! In our classic Sazerac recipe we suggest enjoying the absinthe shot on the side so perhaps you could do the same for this one, and strain the Chartreuse from the ice to enjoy as a bonus side sipper.