Last Word
Four equal parts, perfect balance.
Gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino and lime in equal parts. The alpine herbs of Chartreuse and the sweetness of maraschino merge with the tartness of lime in an intense yet surprisingly harmonious drink.
- IBA · The Unforgettables
- Aperitif
- Shaken
- Glass
- Cocktail glass
- Method
- Shaken
- Strength
- Strong
- Time
- 3 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Ice
- No ice
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Gin
22.5 ml
-
Green Chartreuse
22.5 ml
-
Maraschino liqueur
22.5 ml
-
Lime juice
22.5 ml
Proportions
How to make
- Chill a cocktail glass.
- Pour the gin into the shaker.
- Add the green Chartreuse.
- Add the maraschino.
- Add the lime juice.
- Fill the shaker with ice.
- Shake well.
- Strain into the chilled glass.
- Serve immediately.
The story
Origins
ProbableA plausible account, without definitive proof.
The Last Word is tied to the Detroit Athletic Club: the earliest known written mention is a club menu included with its July-August 1916 magazine, listing the drink at 35 cents, twice the price of a Manhattan, but without a recipe. The recipe appears only in 1951 in Ted Saucier's Bottoms Up, which states that the cocktail had been introduced at the club about thirty years earlier by Frank Fogarty, a vaudeville performer. Forgotten for decades, it was rediscovered in the early 2000s by Murray Stenson, bartender at Seattle's Zig Zag Café, who found it in Saucier's book and put it on his menu, sparking its international revival.
Sources (3)
Taste profile
- Herbal
- 4 out of 5
- Sweet
- 3 out of 5
- Strong
- 3 out of 5
- Sour
- 3 out of 5
