Recently been recognized as the Official New Orleans Drink
The "Original" Sazerac Cocktail
1 tsp Sugar
1-1/2 oz Rye whiskey
1 Dash Herbsaint, Pernod or Absinthe
2 dashes Peychaud bitters
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 Lemon peel twist
Crushed Ice
Chill an Old Fashioned glass by filling with crushed ice. In another
glass mix the sugar with the bitters dissolving the sugar. Add some
ice, stirring to chill. In the Old Fashioned glass remove the ice and
pour in the Hersaint coating the entire glass. Remove the excess
Herbsaint.
Add the Rye Whiskey and bitters/sugar mixture. Add the Lemon Twist.
Enjoy!!
HISTORY
Sazerac is a cocktail made with whiskey, generally associated with the
Sazerac Bar at the Fairmont Hotel. The bartender coats an Old Fashion
glass with herbsaint, pours out the excess, pours in the Sazerac mix
and tops off the uniced drink with a twist of lemon.
If you want to look like a tourist, ask the bartender for a Sazerac
on the rocks. The drink was developed in 1850 at an Exchange Alley bar.
In 1949, the bar was moved to the Roosevelt Hotel (now the Fairmont),
which pays an annual fee to Sazerac Co. Inc. That company owns the
rights to the formula and bottles the drink in a New Orleans
suburb called Metairie.