The Sazerac was made the official cocktail of New Orleans in 2008, but it’s roots and inception go back to the mid 19th century; a smack to the face drink originally sporting cognac as it’s main ingredient, but when a wine shortage caused by French blight forces mixologists to resort to the more readily available and very American rye whiskey.
The drink is masculine in nature, but nuanced with gentle, sexy notes of citrus, heady absinthe, and the unmistakable virtues of Peychaud’s bitters, which also give it it’s singular color…a magical hue idling somewhere between brick red and sunset orange.
If you’re a fan of the classic Manhattan or Old Fashioned, then you’ll certainly develop an affinity for our Metrobilly Sazerac; and just like the city of its origin, the world is a much more beautiful, dangerous, and better place with it in it.