A rye-based Sweet Manhattan enriched with herbal liqueur and bittered with Peychaud's and absinthe. Originally made with equal parts rye whiskey, Bénédictine...
We really like Sazeracs and Manhattans in our house. Final decision is to rinse the glass with absinthe ala Difford’s Sazerac recipe. Then a dash of absinthe in the actual blend. Otherwise we followed the recipe with wet ice. Poured over a large block in an old fashioned glass with a block ice cube and cherry. I think we might like this more than Vieux Carre!