About
This cocktail was originally shared by The Violet Hour (@violethourchicago) on Instagram around 2021. It keeps almost everything you would expect from a Sazerac: rye, sugar, Peychaud’s bitters, an absinthe rinse, and lemon oil, but adds a quarter ounce of Batavia Arrack. That small addition brings a funky, slightly earthy character that makes the drink feel noticeably different without losing the Sazerac underneath. Cheers y’all!
Ingredients
- 2 oz · 60 mlrye whiskey
- ¼ oz · 7.5 mlBatavia Arrack
- ¼ oz · 7.5 mldemerara syrup
- 2 dashesPeychaud’s bitters
- absinthe, to rinse
- lemon peel oil
Method
- 1
Rinse a chilled rocks glass with absinthe.
- 2
Add remaining ingredients to a mixing glass.
- 3
Add ice and stir until chilled.
- 4
Strain into the prepared rocks glass without ice.
- 5
Express lemon peel oil over the surface.
- 6
Garnish with a lemon twist (optional).
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