- Chill an Old Fashioned glass by filling it with ice water.
- In another glass, combine 2 ounces of Baijiu and a sugar cube, and muddle until the sugar dissolves.
- Add a few dashes of Peychaud's bitters and stir well with ice.
- Discard the ice water from the chilled glass.
- Rinse the inside of the glass with absinthe, discarding any excess.
- Strain the Baijiu mixture into the prepared glass.
- Express the oils from a lemon peel over the drink, then drop the peel into the glass.