1 serving

Ingredients:

1 tsp. sugar
3-4 dashes Peychaud’s bitters (not Angostura)
2 oz. cognac or rye whiskey
1 small dash Herbsaint or pernod
1 strip of lemon peel

Instructions:

1. Drop small dash of Herbsaint into a 3-1/2-ounce old-fashioned glass and swirl it around to coat the bottom and sides. Discard any extra.
2. Combine sugar, bitters and cognac in a cocktail shaker or larger glass.
3. Add a couple small ice cubes and stir well, don’t shake.
4. Strain cocktail into prepared old-fashioned glass.
5. Twist lemon peel over glass, making sure a couple drops of the orange oil drop into the cocktail and then run it around the rim.

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