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No. 029 Cocktails · Gin

Last Word

Equal parts gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino and lime: herbal, sharp and intensely aromatic.

A pale green Last Word in a cocktail glass with a lime wheel, by a window
A Last Word cocktail Photo: Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0

Recipe card

ml oz

Makes 1 drink · about 3 min to make

Ingredients

Ounces are US fluid ounces (29.57 ml), rounded.

Method

  1. Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker.
  2. Shake with ice.
  3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Glass
Cocktail glass (coupe)
Technique
Shaken
Difficulty
Easy

Printable recipe card Quantities as given in the IBA's official specification.

About the Last Word

Four equal measures make the Last Word simple to remember. Green Chartreuse is assertively herbal, maraschino adds a dry sweetness and lime keeps everything sharp.

Tags: equal parts herbal chartreuse

Sources

  1. IBA — Last Word (official specification)

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