Tequila Sazerac Cocktail

PH factor: 10

Recipe

Ingredients:     

Cocktail

o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe

Supérieure

o 1 dash Angostura bitters

or to taste

o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters

or to taste

o 1 teaspoon sugar

o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Reposado

tequila

o ½ ounce Crown Royal

Garnish

o grapefruit peel

Method:

1. Swirl absinthe to coat the

inside of an Old-Fashioned

glass and discard excess.

2. Muddle sugar and bitters

in a mixing glass.

3. Add ice and spirits and

stir to dissolve sugar.

4. Serve up in the prepared

glass.

5. Express grapefruit peel

over the glass then rub the

peel around rim of the glass

and discard.

Comments:

Though we enjoy the original

Sazerac and respect its

position in cocktail history,

this version adds a delightful

complexity that leaves us

asking for more.

. . .