The Sazerac.
What can I say about it?
Besides that I am sipping on one right now.
I suppose I could share with y'all the history behind this cocktail.
But if y'all were really that interested you would just look that shit up anyways.
In cocktail some books, they’ll will tell you it is as charming as a Southern drawl.
Well.
Well, I don’t know about that.
I mean it depends on the drawl.
I met a gentleman from Savannah a few years back–you know the type: they wear a bow tie, dress coat, suspenders, + wingtips. In Summer.
They say things like yes ma'am even though you are nowhere considering yourself a ma'am yet.
A sweet Southern drawl will offer you a seat and then prefer to stand and talk in your presence instead of sitting down.
A Southern gentleman will give any good Englishman a run for their money on the wit. No long pause to let what was said to hang in the air. Swift + onto the next assault.
And I can’t promise you this cocktail here wouldn’t give that Savannah gentleman a run for his money.
On with the cocktail …
How to make a Sazerac:
1 ½ ounces Bourbon or if y'all are going to be a stickler about it: Rye
whiskey.
¼ ounce of Herbsaint
a few dashes of Peychaud’s bitters
¼ ounce of meyer lemon juice
1 sugar cube
If y'all don’t have a sugar cube like I didn’t ¾ tsp sugar is equal to one sugar cube.
I will be honest with y'all here too–if you don’t have a cocktail shaker there’s always the make-shift shaker. Make-shift shaker consists of a quart size Ball Jar with the screw lid.
Add ¾ tsp sugar to the old fashioned glass. Saturate that sugar with a few healthy dashes of Peychaud’s bitters.
Grab y'alls make shift cocktail shaker. Fill half way with ice cubes. Add bourbon, Herbsaint, + lemon juice. Give it a few good shakes. Strain into the old fashioned glass. Twist lemon peel over the drink and drop it. in.
Et Volia.
That’s your because it’s Monday cocktail.
Once again just in time for Tuesday.
Or better yet just in time for Easter.
It’s a lovely little beverage to souse …err, I mean impress the folks with.