Bourbon and Apple Cider. Vermontucky lemonade. This is how I’ve decided to prepare for summer this year: 1.
Buy tiny madras shorts and aviator sunglasses for the toddler. Like I could resist. 2. Let fear of bathing suit season convince me to let a friend drag me to my first Pilates class, ever, and not even a beginner class. Ow. Cider-Bourbon Cocktail. Bourbon Cocktail Recipe. The Sazerac-The Original Cocktail. In honor of July 4, a celebration of patriotism, freedom and a general sense of looking back and seeing “where it all began,” it seemed appropriate to write about something that is a true representation of seeing where it all began in the world of the cocktail.
The Sazerac is what is known as the first “original” cocktail, and rightfully so. As the story goes, in 1838 an apothecary owner in New Orleans by the name of Antoine Amedie Peychaud had a habit of making brandy toddies for his friends using his homemade “Peychaud’s Bitters,” made from a secret recipe. Bourbon Bramble Recipe.