IDEAL, TRADITIONAL FLAVOR Woodsy profile with subtle hints of licorice, saffron, peel, and caramel. Perfect combination to enhance your favorite mixed drink STAPLE FOR DRINKS Peychauds is the original bitter for legendary classics like Manhattans, Old Fashioneds and Whiskey Sours. Dont ruin your favorites with other bitters MADE IN NEW ORLEANS With uniquely sourced ingredients, Peychauds bitters provide a flavor profile meant to compliment and not overbear your drinks SINCE 1800s From prior to prohibition, Peychauds was the bitter of choice.
Surviving through tough times, Peychauds stood the test of time and has since maintained to be an all time favorite ORIGINAL FORMULA If its the best, then theres no reason to change. Peychauds perfected the recipe and has never looked back. Through the millions of drinks it has been served in, youll know why we have changed one bit.
In 1838, Antoine Amedie Peychaud, owner of a New Orleans apothecary, treated his friends to brandy toddies of his own recipe, including his "Peychaud's Bitters," made from a secret family recipe. The toddies were made using a double-ended egg cup as a measuring cup or jigger, then known as a "coquetier" (pronounced "ko-k-tay"), from which the word "cocktail" was derived. Thus, the world's first cocktail was born!
By 1850, the Sazerac Cocktail, made with Sazerac French brandy and Peychaud's Bitters, was immensely popular, and became the first "branded" cocktail. In 1873, the recipe for the Sazerac Cocktail was altered to replace the French brandy with American Rye whiskey, and a dash of absinthe was added. In 1933, the Sazerac Cocktail was bottled and marketed by the Sazerac Company of New Orleans.
That same year, "Herbsaint," a pastis, was made according to a French recipe; "Herbsaint" was so named for the New Orleans term for wormwood - "Herb Sainte." In 1940, the Official Sazerac Cocktail recipe was modified to use Herbsaint as the absinthe. Finally, in 2000, the Official Sazerac Cocktail recipe was modified to use Sazerac Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey.
