Sazerac

The Perfect Sazerac, from Absinthe.

Category:

• Food
• Entertainment

Produced by:

• Lessley Anderson
• Meredith Arthur
• Blake Smith

Tags:

• cbsepisode
• chow.com
• chow
• the perfect sazerac
• absinthe
• whiskey

[smallinson]

@JunmaiShu

Cool. why don't you make one and film it for us all then?

[scrumpymanjack]

@JunmaiShu You're absolutely right about all the comments you make. I would not want to drink that cocktail, and less still in that retarded glass.

[TheJeanOscar]

For a perfect Sazerac I would use the Absente or the Grande Absente, which is very close from the original recipes. And that's what the most famous mixologists do.

[felixcruzazul]

i stick to my coronas 

[LinaHutton5]

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[inpraiseofsin]

@JunmaiShu The Nouvelle-Orleans is sublime

[JunmaiShu]

It'd be easier to just direct you to one already made by somebody very knowledgeable about the subject matter. My recipe is almost the same with a few minor tweaks to suit my taste.

Look for a Sazerac video made by Robert Hess (aka Drink Boy), from the Small Screen Network. I recommend Thomas H Handy Sazerac Rye, if you can find it, and now use Meadow of Love (not N-O) for the absinthe. If you want my recipe I'd be happy to copy & paste it to you in a message. Just let me know.

[JunmaiShu]

A "perfect" Sazerac using Pernod absinthe? Impossible. If it were the old school Pernod Fils, then hell yeah, but the stuff they make today is drek. Jade Nouvelle-Orleans is a much better choice. It's roughly based on the old Herbsaint recipe. That's not the type of glass I'd use for a Sazerac either.

And if you're making simple syrup, which I agree works best, use Demerara cane sugar.

IMO, I am in possession of "THEE" best Sazerac recipe on the planet.

[apremerson]

Favorite drink ever from my favorite place to drink them ever.