Kanar Sazerac
Cognac and Fernet-Branca in a salted-rim Sazerac variation, named for a Star Trek liquor.
Time
4 min
Difficulty
Intermediate
Glass
Rocks
Method
Stirred
The Method
How to make it
- 01
Rim half of a chilled rocks glass with fine salt.
- 02
Stir cognac, Fernet-Branca, simple syrup, and both bitters over ice for 25 seconds.
- 03
Strain into the prepared glass, neat or over one large cube.
- 04
Express a lemon twist over the surface and add it to the glass.
Bartender's Tip
Salt only half the rim. It lets you alternate sips: salted mouthfuls read sweeter and rounder, unsalted ones let the Fernet's menthol come forward.
A Little History
Created by bartender and writer John deBary and named for kanar, the liquor the Cardassians drink in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Structurally it's a Sazerac with Fernet doing the work of the absinthe rinse — the salt rim is the twist that makes it hold together.
