Sage Sazerac
Fresh sage leaf
Rinse chilled glass Pastis and set aside. MUDDLE sage in base of stirring glass. Add other ingredients, STIR with ice and fine strain into the pre-rinsed glass over fresh ice (preferably a chunk of block ice).
[['0.5 cl', 'Ricard Pastis'], ['3 fresh', 'Sage leaves'], ['5 cl', 'Birch spirit/birch eau-de-vie'], ['1 cl', 'Sugar syrup (65.0°brix, 2 sugar to 1 water rich syrup)'], ['2 drop', 'Angostura Aromatic Bitters']]
[['0.5 cl', 'ricard pastis'], ['3 fresh', 'sage leaves'], ['5 cl', 'birch spirit/birch eau-de-vie'], ['1 cl', 'sugar syrup'], ['2 drop', 'angostura']]