Sazerac cocktail
Whiskey

Sazerac

Ingredients

  • 2.5oz rye whiskey
  • .25oz simple syrup (or sugar cube)
  • 3 dashes Peychaud's bitters
  • absinthe rinse

Method

  1. 01.

    Place all ingredients into a mixing glass

  2. 02.

    If using a sugar cube muddle it with the bitters first then add the rest of the ingredients

  3. 03.

    Stir with a bar spoon until chilled

  4. 04.

    Rinse an old fashioned glass with absinthe

  5. 05.

    Strain chilled drink into the freshly rinsed glass

  6. 06.

    Garnish with a lemon twist