Name: Grand Sazerac
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 10 ml Absinthe verte (green); Chilled water; 45 ml Grand Marnier liqueur; 45 ml Whisk(e)y - Bourbon whiskey; 2 Angostura or other aromatic bitters; 3 Peychaud's / Creole bitters

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Garnish:

None

How to make:

POUR absinthe into ice-filled glass and TOP with water. Leave the mixture to stand in the glass. Separately, STIR other ingredients with ice. Finally, discard contents of absinthe-washed glass and strain contents of shaker into absinthe-washed glass. (No ice in the finished drink.)

1/3 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
Top up with	Chilled water
1 1/2 fl oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
1 1/2 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
3 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
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La Fée Parisienne absinthe, 70cl

£ 51.50 £ 0.74 per cocktail, makes 70 Grand Marnier liqueur, 70cl

£ 30.75 £ 1.98 per cocktail, makes 15.5 Maker's Mark bourbon, 70cl

£ 26.95 £ 1.74 per cocktail, makes 15.5 Peychaud's Aromatic Bitters, 8cl

£ 9.95 £ 0.77 per cocktail, makes 13

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Review:

An orange twist on the classic Sazerac.

History:

Created in 2004 by yours truly in London, England.
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