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How To Make A Sazerac Cocktail

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How To Make A Sazerac Cocktail
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Sazerac Cocktail. Head Bartender Diego Garcia makes a Sazerac cocktail in London's Oxo Tower. Cognac and bourbon provide the basis for this refreshing drink. Try our Sazerac Cocktail. Enlarge Sazerac Cocktail. Head Bartender Diego Garcia makes a Sazerac cocktail in London's Oxo Tower. Cognac and bourbon provide the basis for this refreshing drink. Try our Sazerac Cocktail.

Step 1: You will need

  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 2 dashes of Peychaud
  • 25 ml Cognac
  • 25 ml Bourbon
  • 1 dash of absinthe
  • some crushed ice
  • some ice cubes
  • 1 orange
  • 1 Mixing glass
  • 1 short glass
  • 1 Cocktail strainer
  • 1 Knife
  • 1 25 ml (1fl oz) measure
  • 1 50ml (2fl oz) measure
  • 1 bar spoon

Step 2: Chill glass

Firstly put some crushed ice into the short glass and leave it to chill.

Step 3: Sugar

Add 1 teaspoon of caster sugar to the mixing glass

Step 4: Peychaud bitters

2 dashes of Peychaud bitters

Step 5: Cognac

Then add 25ml of Cognac

Step 6: Bourbon

Next add 25ml of Bourbon

Step 7: Ice cubes

Add some ice cubes

Step 8: Stir

Use the bar spoon to gently stir until chilled.

Step 9: Remove ice

Empty the ice from the short glass.

Step 10: Absinthe

Now drizzle a dash absinthe around the inside rim of the glass

Turn the glass around until the inside is fully coated.

Step 11: Strain

Put the strainer over the mixing glass and strain the cocktail into the short glass.

Step 12: Orange Twist

Use a knife to cut off a piece of orange peel. Squeeze it into the drink. Twist, and garnish. Serve.
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  1. davesrose

    No, absinthe is no longer illegal. The absinthe alternatives have always been legal (IE like Herbsaint that has been the popular anise spirit for this drink). As of a few years, true absinthes that use wormword is legal in the US as long as it meets a certain limit of Thujone. I can't really appreciate anise spirits with wormword or not...I've tried expensive absinthe and it's tasted similar to Herbsainte. Especially since this cocktail is just looking for a hint of anise taste, I don't think you need a "refined" absinthe. From what I've researched about this cocktail, the main differences are that the main spirite is rye whiskey (2 oz), and the garnish is a lemon instead of an orange.

  2. Anonymous

    Is absinthe illegal in the USA?