The Pithy Bar

Sazerac

New York-style

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, the brandy 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 29%, equivalent to 6.3 cl of 40% spirit

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