The Sazerac packs a wallop with just a handful of ingredients. Follow our step-by-step recipe and craft a classic Sazerac cocktail at home in just five minutes.
Drop sugar cube into a second lowball glass. Add bitters and muddle until the sugar and bitters are fully integrated.
Add rye whiskey and gently stir.
Empty ice from the first glass. Pour absinthe into the empty glass and swirl around so that the inside of the glass develops a light absinthe coating. Discard the absinthe.
Pour the liquid from the second glass into the first glass.
Express the glass with the lemon peel before adding it as garnish.
Pro Tips
Feel free to drink the discarded absinthe.
You can replace the absinthe with either pastis or herbsaint if you can't find absinthe where you live.
You can alternatively use a coupe glass instead of a lowball glass.