Swamp Water
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Swamp Water
Photographed in a Ginza Highball
| 1 1⁄3 oz | Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur) |
| 3 1⁄2 oz | Pineapple juice |
| 1⁄2 oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 6 drop | Difford's Daiquiri Bitters |
| 3 drop | Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
- Prepare garnish of lime wedge and mint sprigs.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
- Garnish with lime wedge and mint sprigs bouquet.
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
Reverential herbal Chartreuse turned tropical and fruity by pineapple and lime.
History:
Emerged during the 1970s and features in cocktail books of the period from Brian F. Rea's 1976 Brian's Booze Guide onwards.
SWAMPWATER
Brian F. Rea, Brian's Booze Guide, 1976
Build in Mason jar filled with ice cubes
1½ ounces Green Chartreuse
Fill with pineapple juice
Add wedge of lime
The empty jar can be used for Wasserman tests.
Swamp Water
Stanley M. Jones, Jones' Complete Barguide, 1977
Tall Glass
Build
1-1/2 oz Green Chartreuse
4 oz pineapple juice
Fill with ice
Lime squeeze
Swampwater
Mark Tore, The Bartender's Cherry, 1987
2/3 shot Green Chartreuse®
Fill with Pineapple Juice
Shake
Cherry Garnish
Rocks/Old Fashioned Glass
Nutrition:
One serving of Swamp Water contains 196 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.2 standard drinks
- 10.12% alc./vol. (10.12° proof)
- 16.2 grams of pure alcohol
- More Fruity (e.g. Pornstar Martini) cocktails
- More Herbal cocktails
- More Long drinks & highballs cocktails
- More Tiki/tropical cocktails
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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