Tom Macy’s Sazerac

Tom Macy, Clover Club | Brooklyn, NY

sazerac cocktail

With a split base of Hochstadter’s Vatted Rye and Louis Royer Force 53 Cognac, Macy’s Sazerac recipe was the only one featuring Cognac to take a top spot in our recent blind tasting. Otherwise the drink is fairly standard in its formula, which calls on rich demerara syrup as the sweetener, Peychaud’s and Angostura bitters and a rinse of Pernod absinthe.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 1 1/2 ounces rye, preferably Hochstadter's Vatted Rye
  • 1 1/2 ounces rye, preferably Hochstadter's Vatted Rye
  • 1/2 ounce Cognac, preferably Louis Royer Force 53°
  • 1/2 ounce Cognac, preferably Louis Royer Force 53°
  • 1 teaspoon rich demerara syrup (2:1, demerara sugar: water)
  • 1 teaspoon rich demerara syrup (2:1, demerara sugar: water)
  • 4 dashes Peychaud's bitters
  • 4 dashes Peychaud's bitters
  • 1 dash Angostura bitters
  • 1 dash Angostura bitters
  • 1/4 ounce absinthe, preferably Pernod (to rinse)
  • 1/4 ounce absinthe, preferably Pernod (to rinse)

Garnish: expressed lemon peel

Directions
  1. Rinse a chilled glass with absinthe and set aside.
  2. Combine the remaining ingredients in a mixing glass over ice and stir until chilled.
  3. Strain into the prepared glass.
  4. Garnish with an expressed lemon peel held 4 to 6 inches over the surface of the drink.

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