Name: Shamrock
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Irish whiskey; 45 ml Dry vermouth; 7.5 ml Chartreuse Green; 7.5 ml Green crème de menthe; 7.5 ml Chilled water

Shamrock
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Irish whiskey
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₄ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
¹⁄₄ oz	Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe
¹⁄₄ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of Fragata Green Olive in the glass or mint leaf.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A cocktail best enjoyed as an after-dinner refresher on St. Patrick's Day.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Hugo R. Ensslin's 1917 Recipes for Mixed Drinks (2nd Edition).

SHAMROCK COCKTAIL
½ Irish Whiskey
½ French Vermouth
3 dashes Chartreuse (green)
3 dashes Crème de Menthe
Stir well with cracked ice, strain and serve with an olive in the glass.
Hugo R. Ensslin, 1917

The Shamrock also notably appears in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

SHAMROCK COCKTAIL.
3 Dashes Green Crème de Menthe.
3 Dashes Green Chartreuse.
½ French Vermouth.
½ Irish Whisky.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Shamrock contains 199 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
22.26% alc./vol. (22.26° proof)
25 grams of pure alcohol

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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Michael Possanner

18th March 2023 at 14:03

Oh, Thank you. Wasn’t a critique, please know. As for the garnish: makes sense. Have a lovely weekend!

Michael Possanner

18th March 2023 at 12:24

Interesting concoction, and lovely presentation — as always !
But, irritated about the garnish. The original recipe specifically calls for an olive as garnish…

Simon Difford

18th March 2023 at 13:56

I've added the original recipe and amended the garnish. I like the use of mint due to the crème de menthe in the recipe.

G. M. Genovese

20th March 2022 at 17:07

No, no, no... not terrible, but definitely off-putting up front; first, the vermouth, then the menthe and whiskey combo... somehow, the Chartreuse is a bit lost this, obscured along the edges... Dumped it... Used: Bushmills, La Quintinye, Hiram Walker Creme de Menthe (20 Mar 2022, 1:07p)

Paul Holdsworth

19th March 2022 at 16:41

Just made this as a belated nod to St Patrick's Day. No Irish whiskey, so I used bourbon instead. Then discovered there's a bourbon-based version listed, using sweet instead of dry vermouth. It's none the worse for all that!

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