Whiskey Cocktails: Rye Whiskey
De la Louisianne
Ingredients
2 oz. Rittenhouse Rye Whiskey Bottled-In-Bond
0.75 oz. Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
0.5 oz. Bénédictine D.O.M.
4 dashes Vieux Pontarlier Absinthe
4 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
Garnish
Brandied cherry
Preparation
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass and add ice. Stir 25-35 times. Strain into a coupe or stemmed cocktail glass. Garnish with a brandied cherry.
Cocktail Story
Known alternatively as Á la Louisiane, or simply La Louisiane, this criminally under-ordered cocktail captures the essence of its birthplace, New Orleans, with alternating sweet and herbaceous tones. First stirred up at the Restaurant La Louisiane, and only published in 1937 in Stanley Clisby Arthur’s New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ‘Em, La Louisiane expertly combines American ingredients like whiskey with French ingredients like Bénédictine, a centuries-old herb-based liqueur.