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Declassified recipe dossier

Sazerac

New Orleans, United States America/Chicago

History

New Orleans’ signature drink evolved from a cognac cocktail served at the Sazerac Coffee House, shifting to rye after phylloxera devastated French vineyards.

Whiskey · yields one cocktail

Ingredients

  • 12 oz rye whiskey
  • 21/4 oz demerara syrup
  • 33 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
  • 4Absinthe rinse

Method

  1. 01Stir whiskey, syrup, and bitters; strain into an absinthe-rinsed glass.

Enjoy responsibly. Recipes are intended for adults of legal drinking age.