BLAC Happy Hour Classics: The Sazerac

If you like a drink with some bite, give this classic New Orleans concoction a try. The Sazerac is one of those ‘ol school affluent turn of the century cocktails that was revived to make it modern. Only people with money know about this classic.

One thing that’s pushing for the drink’s resurgence is the fact that a critical ingredients only became legal to purchase in 2007. We like drinks that are illegal; rinsing the cocktail glass out with absinthe “is what makes a Sazerac a Sazerac.” Absinthe substitutes had to be employed back when absinthe was banned (and still may be today, since the stuff ain’t cheap). BLAC Uncle Nearest 1856 as our Black-owned award-winning blend distilled, aged, 100 proof rye whiskey to make an astonishingly smooth classic The Sazerac cocktail.

The Sazerac

If you like a drink with some bite, give this classic New Orleans concoction a try. The Sazerac is one of those 'ol school affluent turn of the century cocktails that was revived to make it modern. Only people with money know about this classic.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Ingredients

  

• 2 oz Uncle Nearest 1856, 100 proof Rye Whiskey
• .5 oz Simple Syrup
• 2 dashes Peychaud's bitters
• Absinthe

Instructions

 

• Rinse a chilled glass with absinthe and discard the absinthe.
• Stir the other ingredients in a mixing glass.
• Strain into the chilled glass, and garnish.

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