Allen Katzs Sazerac Recipes

Steps:

• Store a cocktail glass in the freezer for 15 to 20 minutes before making the cocktail.
• Pour the anise flavored liqueur into the frosted glass and turn to coat the sides. Dump excess liqueur in the sink (or drink it!). Add sugar, water and bitters to the glass, stirring to dissolve. Strain into the glass and pour in the rye. Stir and garnish with a twist of lemon.

Steps:

• Muddle the sugar and bitters to a paste in an old-fashioned glass. Fill the glass with ice, add the bourbon and stir for 12 to 15 seconds with a bar spoon or long-handled spoon.
• In a second old-fashioned glass, add the absinthe, swirl to coat the inside of the glass, then discard the excess absinthe. Strain the bourbon mixture into the absinthe-rinsed glass.
• Serve without ice, neat. Garnish with a lemon peel.

Steps:

• Pour a little herbsaint into a frozen rocks glass. Swirl around the inside of the glass and then pour out. In a cocktail shaker with ice, combine the remaining ingredients and shake well. Strain into the herbsaint lined glass.

Steps:

• Take four tumblers and pour the absinthe into the first one. Swirl around to coat the inside of the glass then pour into the next glass. Repeat until all the glasses have been coated with the absinthe. If there's any left, divide it equally between all of the glasses.
• Pour the sugar syrup, both types of bitters and whiskey into a large mixing glass or jug. Add 25ml cold water and a good handful of ice. Stir until the outside of the vessel feels really cold. Taste - if it's too sweet or strong, keep stirring to dilute it further.
• Strain into your prepared glasses. Twist a piece of orange zest over a glass to release a little of the citrus oils, then drop it in. Do this for each of cocktail just before serving.

Steps:

• Coat a well-chilled old-fashioned glass with absinthe. Discard most of the remaining liquid, leaving just a little in the bottom of the glass.
• Add the sugar cube and soak with bitters.
• Muddle sugar so that it dissolves in the glass. Add whiskey, stir, and garnish with a lemon peel.

Steps:

• Shake ingredients over ice and strain over crushed ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.