Name: Mary Queen of Scots
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Scotch whisky; 20 ml Chartreuse Green; 20 ml Honey herbal liqueur

Ingredients

1 1/3 fl oz

Blended Scotch whisky

2/3 fl oz

Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

2/3 fl oz

Honey herbal liqueur (e.g. Drambuie)

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Mary Queen of Scots contains 222 calories

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
34.45% alc./vol. (68.9° proof)
27.6 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a shaken and straight-up cocktail served in a sugar-rimmed glass with a cherry discovered in 2006 on Kyle Branch's Cocktail Hotel blog.

Mary Stuart, Mary Queen of Scots, was born 8th December 1542 at Linlithgow Place in West Lothian. On February 8th 1587, she was executed in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay.

Comments & Discussion

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Mookie Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 3 months ago

this was only okay, though I did substitute faccia brutto centerbe for the chartreuse. but I may just not be a fan of drambuie

Peter M Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 1 year ago

While it's been a bit since I've had this one, based on my notes, I wanna say the Carthusian Nail has a better ratio of the same ingredients.

Peter M Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 1 year ago

Fairly sweet, but there's a nice bitterness from the Chartreuse to help balance it on the back-end. Interesting, complex flavor.

Jeffrey Moore Commenter Appreciated Commenter 1 year ago

I had to up the whisky to a full 2 oz to counter the sweet & stand up to the GC.

Jay Gates Conversation Starter 4 years ago

Really nice variation on the Rusty Nail; the Chartreuse brings both an herbal quality and a bite that cuts through some of the sweetness--and it is very sweet. I modified the measurements in line with my preferences for a 4:1 ratio in a Rusty Nail: 2 blended scotch (I used Monkey Shoulder), 1/2 Drambuie, 2 bar spoons Chartreuse. Serving on the rocks is a must.