Name: Sazerac Cocktail (New Orleans style)
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Whisk(e)y - Rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.); 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix); 3 Peychaud's / Creole bitters; 4 Absinthe verte (green)

Serve in a

Rocks glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

Ice glass and set to one side. Separately, in another glass stir other ingredients with ice. Discard ice in the now chilled and set glass aside and rinse with absinthe (or Herbsaint). Then strain cocktail into absinthe/Herbsaint washed glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.)
1/4 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
3 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
4 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
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£ 9.95 £ 0.77 per cocktail, makes 13 La Fée Parisienne absinthe, 70cl

£ 51.50 £ 0.59 per cocktail, makes 87.5

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Review:

While bartenders in other cities have complicated the Sazerac by using a combination of spirits (us included), in New Orleans they keep it simple: straight rye whiskey with a dash of sugar, stirred and strained into an Herbsaint-washed glass.

History:

The history of the Sazerac cocktail can be found on our Sazerac cocktail page.

Nutrition:

One serving of Sazerac Cocktail (New Orleans style) contains 158 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
36.77% alc./vol. (73.54° proof)
20.1 grams of pure alcohol

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