How much do you know about the Sazerac, our city's official cocktail?
Can you locate the French Quarter "coffee shop" where it was first served?
Can you name the state where Peychaud's bitters, an essential ingredient, are now made (hint: it's not Louisiana)?
And why is the drink called a Sazerac?
(Scroll down for answers.)
Get a crash course in local cocktail history at "The Sazerac Cocktail: History in a Glass," sponsored by Tales of the Cocktail and the Louisiana Restaurant Association. Taste the proper recipe, learn how the drink evolved and even mix a Sazerac yourself.
Even if you ignore the lesson and leave no better informed than before, you'll still walk away from the seminar with a free Sazerac poster.
Answers to the questions above:
The Sazerac Coffee House was located on Exchange Alley; Peychaud's bitters are now made in Kentucky; and the cocktail was named after Sazerac de Forge et Fils brandy, the original liquor in the drink.