Name: Mary Rose
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 fresh Rosemary sprig; 45 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Chartreuse Green; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 10 ml Chilled water

Mary Rose
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 fresh	Rosemary sprig
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₃ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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Garnish: Lime zest twist (discarded) & rosemary sprig

How to make:

MUDDLE rosemary in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Gin botanicals with Chartreause's complex herbal notes bolstered by rosemary. Spirituous and lightly sweet. Best enjoyed after dinner.

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History:

Adapted (We've reduced the volume of each ingredient by 25% from the original recipe) from a recipe created in 1999 by Philip Jeffrey at the Great Eastern Hotel, London, England. Named after King Henry VIII's warship, sunk during an engagement with the French fleet in 1545 and now on display in Portsmouth.

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Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Lynn Garvie

27th August 2024 at 19:17

I'd rather just add some rosemary to a Last Word. I miss the lime juice. (Mary Rose)

G. M. Genovese

30th June 2023 at 11:09

Flavorful, but too sweet and Chartreuse-forward. Cutting the simple by half and the Chartreuse by a 1/4 did allow the rosemary and gin to cut through more, resulting in more balance. At this point, however, citrus/acid may need to be added or the simple taken out altogether. (30 Jun 2023, 7:08a)

Dan Casselman

18th June 2022 at 01:38

Seems to be missing a component. I like Gin and Chartreuse together but it is not complete. If I had to drink it again I would cut the sugar syrup in half or all together. (I shook the Rosemary with the ice and components and that was the best part of the drink)

Emma Back

29th May 2021 at 20:06

Measures being reduced results in very small amounts in the glass! Think this one needs more work...

Pascal de Kloe

22nd August 2020 at 21:16

Sweet and boring. Oh, and 3 oz strong liquor makes 2 drinks.

Simon Difford

23rd August 2020 at 17:45

I agree with the 3oz of liquor being too much so I have reduced all the measures in the recipe above by 25%. I've also amended the comment to highlight sweetness. [23.Aug.20]

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