Name: Love and Murder
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Red bitter liqueur; 30 ml Chartreuse Green; 30 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 4 drop Saline solution 4:1

Love & Murder
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Glass:

Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Ingredients:
1 fl oz	Italian red bitter liqueur
1 fl oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
1 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
4 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
No garnish to prepare.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Serve naked, without garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Full-on and on the bitter side of bittersweet. Pucker-up for a characterful aperitivo. Saline solution is an essential component to the success of this cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2021 by Nick Bennett, beverage director at Porchlight in New York City, USA. On the bar's menu, this was listed under the heading "Guzzlers", cocktails described as being "Light & easy...maybe too easy". This cocktail's name was apparently inspired by a Broadway play called The Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.

Nutrition:

One serving of Love & Murder contains 229 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.79% alc./vol. (33.58° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Letti Penguin

28th November 2025 at 17:06

Based on Asher’s suggestion I tried this with mezcal and I like it! Adds a nice Smokey dimension. 22.5ml each Campari, lime juice, green chartreuse and mezcal, 5ml sugar (we like things sharp and bitter), pinch of salt. Perhaps ‘Amor y asesinato del puebla’ as I used Del Maguey Puebla?

Gareth Hives

28th November 2025 at 17:38

That sounds lovely, will do tomorrow night. I’m trying to eek the last bit out of my chartreuse, I wish it wasn’t so expensive!

Cassandra Adams

15th November 2025 at 20:09

Guzzler indeed! The Campari and Chartreuse align very closely and create something that is not just the sum of their parts.

Beth Schneider

29th May 2025 at 06:16

I love both Campari and Chartreuse but I wouldn’t murder for this cocktail.

Juan Simon

26th October 2024 at 02:41

Chartreuse and Campari! What else?

Michelle Bell

21st May 2024 at 14:44

The recipe I used was with ¼ oz Rich Syrup….also this is one of cocktail that I serve in a Valentines Day Party, as it includes all flavors in relationships. LOL

Olga María Gómez Henderson

30th December 2023 at 12:13

Is it possible to substitute the saline solution with normal salt?

Nikolaj Thøgersen

20th July 2024 at 19:30

Certainly. But it's much easier to measure out the right amount in liquid form.
I bought a dripper bottle from a health store. 20g salt, 80g water. Very easy, very cheap.

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Asher Günther

16th October 2023 at 05:52

Excellent drink. My instinct tells me to add mezcal which I realised is only marginally different to a Naked & Famous

Letti Penguin

15th November 2025 at 17:35

I like that idea - did you try it?

Yossi Burg

9th October 2023 at 09:51

I made this for my partner and had a little test for myself as well. Brilliant drink although I used only 10ml rich syrup and on her advice next time I will make will cut the syrup down to 7.5 ml. We both prefer our drinks on the little less sweet side. The saline is definitely essential!