There’s nothing quite like the food and wine scene in New Orleans! The Big Easy is home to some of the country’s greatest food traditions, and the cocktail culture is second to none. Several great drinks have risen to the top and solidified themselves as classics. At A Couple Cooks, we’re cocktail experts with over 300 cocktail recipes under our belt. Here are our top most popular New Orleans cocktails to try! There’s the boozy Sazerac, with its surprising black licorice finish, centuries-old Milk Punch with its refreshing creamy sweetness, and the ever popular fruity Hurricane. Want to make them all? Let’s get started.
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Looking for more cocktails outside of these New Orleans cocktails? Here are some of our favorite collections: History: This drink dates back to the mid 1800’s. Some sources state the Sazerac was invented as early as 1838 by New Orleans apothecary Antoine Peychaud. Others claim that the owner of the Sazerac Coffee House, Aaron Bird, created the drink in the 1850’s. History: The Hurricane was invented by Pat O’Brien in the 1940’s, owner of the popular Pat O’Brien’s bar in New Orleans. Pat created the drink to use up a surplus of rum and served it in a glass shaped like a hurricane lamp. It was an instant hit, and remains a classic to this day. History: The Ramos gin fizz is a variation on the gin fizz, invented in New Orleans in 1888 by a bartender named Henry Ramos. Invented at his bar the Imperial Cabinet Saloon, it was originally called the New Orleans Fizz. It took a whopping 12 minutes to shake up back in the day (not so, today). History: The Grasshopper was invented in New Orleans in 1918 by the owner of the bar Tujague’s, or so the story goes. According to Tujague’s, Philip Guichet invented it for a cocktail competition in New York City, where it got second place. He brought it back to his bar and Tujague’s has been serving it ever since. History: The Vieux Carré cocktail comes from the 1930’s: it was created in the New Orleans’ Hotel Monteleone by a bartender named Walter Bergeron. He named it after the French Quarter, called Vieux Carre. The drink was first printed in a cocktail book in 1937. History: The Brandy Crusta is one of the oldest classic cocktails there is, and a direct relative of the most popular brandy cocktail, the Sidecar. The drink was invented in the 1850’s by an Italian bartender in New Orleans named Joseph Santini. It fell out of fashion for a time, but has been revived by New Orleans bars to its former glory. History: The exact date La Louisiane appeared is unknown, but it was likely invented between 1880 and 1912, when absinthe was banned. It began as the house cocktail of the Restaurant La Louisiane in New Orleans. History: This drink was first written down in 1688 in Scotland! How’s that for history? The first mention in a cookbook was in 1711. Benjamin Franklin even recorded a version of it in 1763. The drink was not invented in New Orleans, but it’s become a mainstay at restaurants in the city.
Classics: Try Sour Cocktails, Classic Cocktails, or Great Cocktail Recipes. Easy: These 10 Easy Mixed Drinks have 2 to 3 ingredients. The Big 5: These drink lists all feature the top 5 most popular alcohols: Gin, Vodka, Whiskey or Bourbon, Tequila, and Rum. By Season: Try our Fall Cocktails, Winter Drinks, Christmas Drinks, or Summer Cocktails. Specialty: Make drinks with Mezcal, Fernet Branca, Aperol, Hennessy, Maraschino, Midori, or Licor 43. By Ingredient: Try our cocktails with Wine, Cranberry, Peach, Strawberry, Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit, Pineapple, Campari, Vermouth, Coffee, or Orange Juice.
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