Name: The Very Last Word
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 20 ml Chartreuse Green; 20 ml Maraschino liqueur; 20 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 10 ml Genever - Oude genever; 7.5 ml Gin; 7.5 ml Tequila blanco; 5 ml Mezcal; 2.5 ml Lavender sugar syrup; 4 Margarita bitters; 10 ml Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Lime zest twist discarded and skewered maraschino cherry

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

2/3 fl oz	Green Chartreuse liqueur
2/3 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
2/3 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Rutte Old Simon Genever
1/4 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
1/4 fl oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
1/6 fl oz	Del Maguey Vida mezcal
1/12 fl oz	Lavender sugar syrup
4 drop	Difford's Margarita Bitters
1/3 fl oz	Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)
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£ 45.45 £ 0.49 per cocktail, makes 93 Monin Lavender sugar syrup, 70cl

£ 7.95 £ 0.03 per cocktail, makes 281 Difford's Margarita Bitters, 10cl

£ 13.75 £ 0.06 per cocktail, makes 250

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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?

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:

1.7 standard drinks
23% alc./vol. (46° proof)
23.6 grams of pure alcohol

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