Sazerac
New Orleans in a glass. The absinthe never goes in the drink: it coats the glass and sits in the nose.
5ozRocks / Old-Fashioned holds 5 oz of liquidShort glass built over ice. Half its volume is ice, so liquid stays low.Build
| Rye | 2½ oz75 ml1 oz30 ml1 ½ oz45 ml2 oz60 ml3 oz90 ml |
| Sugar cube | 1 |
| Peychaud's bitters | 3 dashes |
| Angostura bitters | 1 dash |
| Absinthe | to rinse |
Rescaled to your 1 oz30 ml pour. Written around 2½ oz75 ml.
Rescaled to your 1 ½ oz45 ml pour. Written around 2½ oz75 ml.
Rescaled to your 2 oz60 ml pour. Written around 2½ oz75 ml.
Already built on your 2 ½ oz75 ml pour.
Rescaled to your 3 oz90 ml pour. Written around 2½ oz75 ml.
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Method
- Chill a rocks glass with ice, then add a few drops of absinthe and swirl to coat.
- In a mixing glass, dash the bitters onto the sugar cube and muddle it apart.
- Add the rye and ice, and stir for 30 seconds.
- Discard the ice from the rocks glass and strain the drink in.
- Express a lemon peel over the top.
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