Name: Safe Word
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Chartreuse Green; 15 ml White crème de cacao

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of grated nutmeg.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Dust with freshly grated nutmeg.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Safe Word contains 195 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
24.95% alc./vol. (49.9° proof)
24.1 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Lilly Marson 6w

I think this is a good place for cocoa bitters, not chocolate. I just did a dash on the top and it makes it really fun on the nose, I'll try adding it before shaking next.

Heidi Della Pesca Premium Member 6w

Love the mezcal alternative - thanks for the suggestion! Chocolate is subdued, but - as usual - it lifts the chartreuse. (I still don't understand why that works.)

trendomexico Premium Member 15w

I want to complaint: this is the meet me half way of a 20th century and a Last Word , so why is not in the list of all Last Word variations!? Sweeter than the first, but thicker than the last one. So much time so little liver. It is ver very sweet, much more in this son than in the parents. To do this today I was strictly in the ingredients listed here. In the tongue there is the cacao, and the chartreuse. Now I am Thankfull since in the task of traying all Last Word variation I was starting to get a little bored, the cacao allows me to get into the next goals...

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 15w

One I'd missed! I've now added Safe Word to the Last Word variations, bringing the total to 52. What are your top 10?

Heidi Della Pesca Premium Member 15w

So much work..... so little time..... (so many more to try!) To date, the Ultima Palabra is my fave. (Sucker for anything with pineapple)

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Frederic D. Premium Member 2y

I had a version of this at a local bar that swapped mezcal for the gin, and it was amazing. Smoky, herbal, a bit sweet. I'll have to try the original and see how it compares.

Lilly Marson 2y

dod the mezcal version still have nutmeg?

Frederic D. Premium Member 2y

I really don't remember unfortunately, it was my 3rd drink of the night...

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Letti Penguin Premium Member 12w

Great suggestion, really enjoyed the mezcal variant.

Renz C 3y

I appreciate this is well balanced and different, but the creme de cacao in this just makes it plain odd. It tasted like a margarita immediately followed by a chocolate caramel.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

This cocktail was on my wish list for a long time before we decided to try. I was concerned it would be too sweet. Was I surprised. This is great. The correct amount of herbal, citrus, and sweet. Was great before dinner. After the cocktail aeration settles there is a slight hint of cocoa at the very end. Going on my favourites.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 3y

I like how the gin botanicals lead a bit more here than the Last Word, (so many variations of which are fantastic!) and the white cacao became most notable as the drink warmed up.