New Orleans: Early Evening Cocktail History Tour

New Orleans: Early Evening Cocktail History Tour

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Join this tour through New Orleans’ historic and fascinating history of cocktails, and sample them along the way.

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Highlights

Get the real scoop on absinthe
Discover the origins of the Sazerac
Enjoy your guide's narrative on the 'big picture' history of Cocktails
Enjoy cocktails that predate Prohibition

Description

Your night of cultured imbibing begins as evening arrives in the French Quarter. Meet your lively guide and start your 3‐hour tour with a cocktail in a luxurious wine bar's tropical courtyard. You begin the tour with the first popular drink containing booze: a homemade rum punch! Your second visit will be to 3rd Block Depot, a modern saloon in a 19th Century icehouse. There, try the classic Sazerac, a recipe attributed to a Creole apothecarist in the 19th Century – when cocktails constituted as medicine! While at 3rd Block Depot you will also enjoy another pre-Civil War drink: the 1852 Brandy Crusta! Then head to the award-winning Peychaud's Bar for creative cocktails invented just prior to Prohibition. Sample a refreshing Pimm's Cup, or the Carnival-time favorite, the Ojen Frappé. Your final stop is the Bourbon 'O' Bar for the obscure yet beloved Roffignac highball, a nod to the city’s last French‐born mayor. The last venue (Bourbon 'O' Bar) not only features local food but also a live local jazz band beginning at 8pm!