Comments on: The Sazerac http://slakethirst.com/2005/04/27/the-sazerac/ cocktails, potations, decoctions and infusions Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:35:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dvhqso http://slakethirst.com/2005/04/27/the-sazerac/comment-page-1/#comment-6356 dvhqso Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:13:47 +0000 http://slakethirst.com/?p=71#comment-6356 ez59N7 <a href="http://fsmokwisojub.com/" rel="nofollow">fsmokwisojub</a> ez59N7 fsmokwisojub

]]> By: Blondy http://slakethirst.com/2005/04/27/the-sazerac/comment-page-1/#comment-6326 Blondy Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:56:22 +0000 http://slakethirst.com/?p=71#comment-6326 GoorhO Got it! Thanks a lot again for helping me out! GoorhO Got it! Thanks a lot again for helping me out!

]]> By: Ouroboros http://slakethirst.com/2005/04/27/the-sazerac/comment-page-1/#comment-859 Ouroboros Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:03:47 +0000 http://slakethirst.com/?p=71#comment-859 I do love a Sazerac. Bernie's on Alberta used to serve a nice one. Changing to a less syrupy pastis can help make the drink less sweet. I do love a Sazerac. Bernie’s on Alberta used to serve a nice one.

Changing to a less syrupy pastis can help make the drink less sweet.

]]> By: c http://slakethirst.com/2005/04/27/the-sazerac/comment-page-1/#comment-290 c Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:38:15 +0000 http://slakethirst.com/?p=71#comment-290 Mmm. Well, I <em>like</em> the Sazerac myself -- no complaints at all -- but the <a href="http://www.gumbopages.com/food/beverages/vieux-carre.html" title="The Gumbopages: Vieux Carré Cocktail" rel="nofollow">Vieux Carré</a> sounds mighty nice, and I shall hasten to mix one (need some Benedictine). I believe you're inadvertently confusing Victor Bergeron, aka Trader Vic, with Walter Bergeron, however. I wasn't familiar with the latter, but I didn't think that Vic spent time in N.O. Mmm. Well, I like the Sazerac myself — no complaints at all — but the Vieux Carré sounds mighty nice, and I shall hasten to mix one (need some Benedictine). I believe you’re inadvertently confusing Victor Bergeron, aka Trader Vic, with Walter Bergeron, however. I wasn’t familiar with the latter, but I didn’t think that Vic spent time in N.O.

]]> By: Phil Greene http://slakethirst.com/2005/04/27/the-sazerac/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Phil Greene Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:27:46 +0000 http://slakethirst.com/?p=71#comment-288 If your dislike of the anise/absinthe flavors in the Sazerac dissuades you from enjoying this classic (and I know many who would agree with you), I would recommend that you sample the Vieux Carre Cocktail, another New Orleans creation. It has the rye whiskey and bitters component of the Sazerac, but in place of the sugar and the absinthe (Herbsaint, Pernod, etc.), you'll find Benedictine and Italian Vermouth, respectively. It's a wonderfully complex drink, invented in the 1930s by Victor Bergeron, who ran the Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans. I should mention that it also contains brandy in addition to the rye, which to me represents a past-and-present homage to the Sazerac, though I have no idea what Mr. Bergeron had in mind when he created it. If your dislike of the anise/absinthe flavors in the Sazerac dissuades you from enjoying this classic (and I know many who would agree with you), I would recommend that you sample the Vieux Carre Cocktail, another New Orleans creation. It has the rye whiskey and bitters component of the Sazerac, but in place of the sugar and the absinthe (Herbsaint, Pernod, etc.), you’ll find Benedictine and Italian Vermouth, respectively. It’s a wonderfully complex drink, invented in the 1930s by Victor Bergeron, who ran the Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans. I should mention that it also contains brandy in addition to the rye, which to me represents a past-and-present homage to the Sazerac, though I have no idea what Mr. Bergeron had in mind when he created it.

]]> By: c http://slakethirst.com/2005/04/27/the-sazerac/comment-page-1/#comment-22 c Fri, 29 Apr 2005 04:24:43 +0000 http://slakethirst.com/?p=71#comment-22 eh, mix in haste, repent in leisure. should've been less sugar in that Sazerac I delivered, though I'd've <em>thought</em> that a Tom Collins fan like yourself wouldn't complain about the sweetness. Re: the lemon essence, we need a new zester -- the one I'm using has too shallow a channel, yielding skinnny twists which aren't expressable -- all of the oil comes out when you zest it in the first place, which requires damned careful aim. eh, mix in haste, repent in leisure. should’ve been less sugar in that Sazerac I delivered, though I’d've thought that a Tom Collins fan like yourself wouldn’t complain about the sweetness. Re: the lemon essence, we need a new zester — the one I’m using has too shallow a channel, yielding skinnny twists which aren’t expressable — all of the oil comes out when you zest it in the first place, which requires damned careful aim.

]]> By: abby http://slakethirst.com/2005/04/27/the-sazerac/comment-page-1/#comment-20 abby Fri, 29 Apr 2005 04:18:25 +0000 http://slakethirst.com/?p=71#comment-20 I generally like a less sweet cocktail, but I have to say that the Sazerac has an exceptionally smooth and pleasant mouth-feel and admirable complexity for a sweeter drink. A little more lemon essence, perhaps? I generally like a less sweet cocktail, but I have to say that the Sazerac has an exceptionally smooth and pleasant mouth-feel and admirable complexity for a sweeter drink. A little more lemon essence, perhaps?

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