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(Makes 1 Cocktail)
Created By Antione Amedee Peychaud in New Orleans around the 1830's. This is the first documented cocktail.
Ingredients
3 oz. Rye Whiskey (Recommend Wild Turkey 101)
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup made from Demerara Sugar (See recipe below)
3 Dashes Peychaud's Bitters
Absinthe or Pernod to coat the glass
1 Thinly sliced lemon round
Directions
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Chill a rocks glass in the freezer.
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Fill a pint glass with ice and pour the first three ingredients into the glass. Stir.
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Remove rocks glass from the freezer and pour about a teaspoon of absinthe onto the side of the glass and turn the glass so that the liquor coats the inside of the glass.
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Using a cocktail strainer, cover the glass with the ice and whiskey mixture and pour the concoction into the absinthe laced glass.
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Squeeze the lemon over the top of the drink and garnish with a lemon twist!
Demerara Syrup
(Makes About 2 cups)
Ingredients
2 Cups Demerara Sugar (or Turbinado Sugar or Sugar in the Raw)
1 Cup Water
Directions
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Pour both ingredients into a small pot and heat on the stove on a medium flame. Stirring throughout so not to burn.
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When the liquid is heated through and all the sugar has dissolved remove the pot from flame.
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Cool the simple syrup in the fridge. When completely cool pour into a bottle and store in the refrigerator. This keep for at least 2 months in the refrigerator! Can be used in many cocktails, chilled coffees or dessert applications!
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