Peychaud's Bitters cocktails

Floral and faintly anise-tinged, Peychaud's bitters lend a distinctly New Orleans character to whatever glass they enter — most famously the Sazerac, and with equal authority in the spirit-forward complexity of the Vieux Carré.

2 classic recipes from our canon that use peychaud's bitters — Peychaud's Bitters sits in our bitters shelf.

Sazerac

✦ Proven classicMediumRocks

Rye stirred with Peychaud's in an absinthe-rinsed glass — New Orleans' spirit-forward classic.

Ingredients

◆rinse absinthe
◆50 ml rye whiskey
◆7 ml simple syrup
◆2 dashes peychaud's bitters

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Vieux Carré

✦ Proven classicChallengingRocks

Rye, cognac, vermouth and Bénédictine, double-bittered — a layered New Orleans sipper.

Ingredients

◆30 ml rye whiskey
◆30 ml cognac
◆30 ml sweet vermouth
◆1 bar spoon benedictine
◆2 dashes peychaud's bitters

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