Cocktail

Cure's Sazerac

Neal Bodenheimer & Cure (New Orleans)

Old Fashioned Glass

Ingredients

4 spritz

Herbsaint

atomizer

spritzed from an atomizer to coat the glass
2 oz

Sazerac Rye

or similar rye whiskey
0.25 oz

Rich Demerara Syrup

2:1, Demerara sugar to water
23 drops

Peychaud's Bitters

equivalent to approximately 3 dashes; use a medicine dropper for precision
1 peel

Lemon

expressed

Instructions

Spritz the interior of a chilled double Old Fashioned glass four times with Herbsaint from an atomizer and set aside. Combine the rye, Demerara syrup, and Peychaud's bitters in a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir until well-chilled and properly diluted. Strain into the prepared Herbsaint-rinsed glass. Express a lemon peel over the surface and use it as garnish.

About

New Orleans' Cure puts precision front and center in this second-place finisher from Punch's 2024 Sazerac blind tasting, deploying an atomizer for Herbsaint and a medicine dropper for bitters to ensure consistency in every glass. Rich Demerara syrup and Sazerac Rye ground the drink in classic character, wrapped in a lemon peel finish.

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