Name: The Very Last Word
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 20 ml Chartreuse Green; 20 ml Maraschino liqueur; 20 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Oude genever; 7.5 ml Gin; 7.5 ml Blanco tequila; 5 ml Mezcal; 2.5 ml Lavender sugar syrup; 4 drop Margarita Bitters; 10 ml Chilled water

The Very Last Word
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
²⁄₃ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
²⁄₃ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
²⁄₃ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Rutte Old Simon Genever
¹⁄₄ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₄ oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
¹⁄₆ oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
0.08 oz	Monin Lavender Syrup
4 drop	Difford's Margarita Bitters
¹⁄₃ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist discarded and skewered maraschino cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

When it comes to riffs on the Last Word, this may not be the "Very Last" but at very least it has more ingredients. Why settle for a Last Word when you can have The Very Last Word?

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History:

Created 28th October 2021 by yours truly at the Clocktower in Rye, England.
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Nutrition:

One serving of The Very Last Word contains 186 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.87% alc./vol. (20.87° proof)
21.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Florian Ruf

28th February 2023 at 15:43

Normally I tend to keep it simple, but this cocktail is worth an exception ;-)).

Calvin Grant

16th November 2021 at 04:05

Great riff on the Last Word. Had to make another (×1.5). Added all the ingredients to the shaker except the lime juice as I needed to squeeze some more which I put in the fridge and omitted adding to the shaker. Needless to say the end results were way too sweet and out of balance so I added the missing lime juice and once again an excellent sour cocktail.