Peychaud's Bitter was originally created in 1830 by Antoine Amédée Peychaud, a pharmacist of Creole origin, from the French colony of Saint Domingue (now Haiti), who settled in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1795. From the intense study on the healing properties of herbs and botanicals, he developed a bitter based on gentian and other aromatic herbs.
Starting in 1838 he began administering a cognac corrected with a few drops of the product he had created in his pharmacy, at 437 Royal Street.
Soon his recipe spread to the city and the most famous Coffee House began to prepare it for his customers, thus opening the door to what would later become the most famous cocktail in the history of the United States: the Sazerac. The recipe, very simple, included cognac, Peychaud's Bitters and some drops of absinthe.
In 1873 the recipe was modified replacing the cognac with the rye whiskey, at the time the most popular distillate in the United States. Unlike other bitters currently on the market, Peychaud's is lighter and more floral and shows off its typical reddish color.
In 2008 the Sazerac was solemnly proclaimed by the state Senate, an official cocktail of Louisiana.
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