Grand Sazerac

Name: Grand Sazerac
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients: ½ oz (15 ml) La Fée Parisienne absinthe; Top up with Chilled water; 1½ oz (45 ml) Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur; 1½ oz (45 ml) Bourbon whiskey; 2 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters; 3 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

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Method: shake
Glass: Old-fashioned glass
Ice: Ice
ABV: 19%

Ingredients

La Fée Parisienne absinthe — ½ oz (15 ml)
Chilled water — Top up with
Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur — 1½ oz (45 ml)
Bourbon whiskey — 1½ oz (45 ml)
Angostura Aromatic Bitters — 2 dash
Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters — 3 dash

How to make it

POUR absinthe into ice-filled glass and TOP with water.
Leave the mixture to stand in the glass.
Separately, SHAKE liqueur, bourbon and bitters with ice.
Finally discard contents of absinthe-coated glass and fine strain contents of shaker into absinthe washed glass.

A classic cocktail with absinthe and bourbon.

Updated October 5, 2026