I am very happy to have been invited by Meredith and Jennie to regularly post cocktails for Happy Hour Friday. I'm thrilled to share with you some of my old favorites, new discoveries as well as recent experiments. Happy Friday, friends.
This is another cocktail I was introduced to at the Manhattan Cocktail Classic last month at Audrey Saunders’ gin seminar. I had heard of it but had never made it or tasted it at a bar, and now I am sad for all of the missed opportunities to have sampled this extraordinary drink. Herbal, sweet, sour – just plain funky and wonderful.
You will need to pick up a bottle of Yellow Chartreuse (~$50) as well as Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur (~$28) - these are great liqueurs to have on your bar anyway. And once you start making this drink for yourself you will have no problem quickly working your way through them and will promptly quit whining about how much the cost set you back. As far as I’m concerned, it’s not worth drinking unless it’s quality shizzle!
The Last Word
½ oz. Yellow Chartreuse
½ oz. Maraschino liqueur
½ oz. fresh squeezed lime juice
Chill a cocktail glass. Fill your shaker ¾ with ice, add all the ingredients and shake it like the dickens. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
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yeay, Stephanie! So glad you're here. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't care for gin but it sounds like it might be palatable between the yellow chartreuse and the maraschino liqueur. I swore off GREEN chartreuse years ago due to a rather heavy overindulgence one evening, but I'd give the yellow a shot. Or two . . .
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