# Sazerac

Cognac, sugar, and Peychaud’s bitters served in an absinthe-rinsed glass.

Strength: 43% ABV

## Ingredients

- 50 ml [Cognac](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cognac.md)
- 10 ml [Absinthe](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/absinthe.md)
- 1 cube [Sugar](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/sugar.md)
- 2 dashes [Peychaud’s bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/peychauds-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Old fashioned glass

## Garnish

- Lemon zest

## Method

1. Rinse a chilled old fashioned glass with absinthe, add crushed ice, and set it aside.
2. Stir the cognac, sugar, and bitters with ice.
3. Discard the ice and excess absinthe from the glass, then strain in the mixed drink.

## Related drinks

- [Japanese Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/japanese-cocktail.md): Cognac, orgeat, and aromatic bitters form a foundational stirred cocktail whose dry brandy structure keeps the almond syrup far from tropical territory.
- [Stinger](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/stinger.md): Cognac softened and cooled by white crème de menthe.
- [French Connection](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/french-connection.md): A restrained measure of amaretto rounds Cognac with silky texture and bittersweet stone-fruit-kernel perfume without burying the brandy's fruit and oak.
- [East India Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/east-india-cocktail.md): Tiny measures of pineapple, curaçao, maraschino, and bitters season Cognac without turning this nineteenth-century drink into either a sour or a tropical punch.
- [Corpse Reviver No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/corpse-reviver-no-1.md): Cognac, Calvados, and sweet vermouth make a dark, spirit-forward member of the loosely named Corpse Reviver family, entirely unlike the bright gin-and-citrus No. 2.
- [Sidecar](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sidecar.md): A crisp Cognac sour balanced with orange liqueur and lemon.
- [Chicago Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chicago-cocktail.md): Cognac, curaçao, and bitters meet a restrained Champagne top beneath a sugar-crusted rim, placing this 1922 drink between the Champagne Cocktail and Brandy Crusta.
- [Horse’s Neck](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/horses-neck.md): Cognac and ginger ale become unusually aromatic beneath a continuous lemon spiral, whose peel oils give the spare, cold highball its defining dry edge.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sazerac
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/sazerac-9360b267.webp
- Recipe source: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/sazerac/