The Very Last Word

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (9 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

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

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10

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.
Last Word history

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’s Avatar Florian Ruf
28th February 2023 at 15:43
Normally I tend to keep it simple, but this cocktail is worth an exception ;-)).
Calvin Grant’s Avatar 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.
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Anonymous

15th November 2021 at 00:13
this drink is exceptionally good. It is well balanced and flavourful.
12th November 2021 at 18:12
This is a total sugar bomb. WAY too sweet and very unbalanced. What's going on here, Diffords?