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De La Louisiane
Posted: July 18, 2026
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The De La Louisiane (or 'Cocktail à la Louisiane') is a New Orleans classic from the restaurant of the same name, dating to the early 20th century and featured in Stanley Arthur's 1937 'Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix 'Em.' It's the city's most complex stirred cocktail: bourbon meets Benedictine's herbal sweetness, sweet vermouth's fruit and body, absinthe's anise, and Peychaud's distinctive cherry-rose bitterness in one deeply layered drink. Like the Sazerac and Vieux Carré, it's unmistakably New Orleans — aromatic, potent, and almost impossibly elegant for something so simple to make.
Ingredients
1.5 oz Bourbon Whiskey
0.75 oz Sweet Vermouth
0.75 oz Benedictine Herbal Liqueur
3 dash Absinthe
3 dash Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions
- Combine bourbon, sweet vermouth, Benedictine, Peychaud's bitters, and absinthe in a mixing glass filled with ice.
- Stir for 30 seconds until well chilled and diluted.
- Strain into a chilled coupe or cocktail glass.
- Garnish with a maraschino cherry.