The Pithy Bar

Sazerac

c. 1850 · Antoine Amédée Peychaud

Ingredients

Method
Stir
Serve in
Rocks glass

Instructions

  1. Rinse a chilled rocks glass with the absinthe, then discard the excess.
  2. Muddle the sugar with the Peychaud's bitters in a mixing glass.
  3. Add the rye and ice and stir for ~15 seconds, until well chilled.
  4. Strain into the prepared glass
  5. Express the oils of a lemon twist over the drink and drop it in.

About 8.6 cl at 31%, equivalent to 6.6 cl of 40% spirit

Similar cocktails