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Sazerac
Rye, Peychaud's, an absinthe rinse, no ice in the glass
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5 minutes
Bartender
Del Arceneaux
New Orleans, Louisiana (Faubourg Marigny)
Grew up behind a family bar in the Marigny, pulling bar-back shifts before she could see over the rail, then twenty-some years across three of the city's serious rooms working up to head bartender. Sazerac, Vieux Carre, Ramos Gin Fizz by inheritance rather than study. Holds that a zero-proof drink is a craft problem, not an apology, and builds it with the same care as anything with a spirit in it. Runs the house bar: what is poured, what is mixed, and what a non-drinker gets instead of a soda water.
8 recipes
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Vieux Carre
Two spirits, two fortified wines, two bitters, held together by Benedictine
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5 minutes
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Ramos Gin Fizz
Gin, citrus, cream, and egg white, shaken until it holds
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10 minutes, most of it shaking
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Brandy Milk Punch
The New Orleans brunch drink, and the honest answer in a house that can't have a Bloody Mary
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5 minutes single serve, 15 minutes for a batch
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Roffignac
Rye or cognac, a raspberry shrub, and soda, built for the patio
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5 minutes to build, plus a shrub made a day ahead
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The Second Line
A spirit-free chicory amaro, built bitter, built from scratch, genuinely zero alcohol
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15 minutes, most of it steeping
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Quarter Moon Fizz
Fresh ginger, citrus, honey, and soda, built for the new patio
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20 minutes, mostly the ginger syrup
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Porch Limeade
Lime oil pulled into sugar, fresh juice, two drops of salt
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5 minutes at the glass, plus a 45-minute rest on the syrup
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