Name: Churchillian
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1.25 ml Absinthe; 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 30 ml Scotch whisky; 7.5 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 7.5 ml Chartreuse Green; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur

Ingredients

1/24 fl oz

La Fée Parisienne absinthe

1 fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

1 fl oz

Blended Scotch whisky

1/4 fl oz

Cynar or other carciofo amaro

1/4 fl oz

Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

1/4 fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

No garnish to prepare.

Method

RINSE chilled glass with absinthe and discard excess.

Separately, STIR other ingredients with ice in mixing glass.

STRAIN into absinthe-rinsed glass. (No ice in glass.)

Garnish

Serve naked, without garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Churchillian contains 196 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
30.66% alc./vol. (61.32° proof)
25.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2021 J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails, who says, "What would you serve Winston Churchill, who wasn't a fan of cocktails? This might just persuade him. He drank (diluted) Johnnie Walker all day, enjoyed cognac after supper, and disliked vermouth." Appropriately, Mr Clapham specifies Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch whisky in his recipe.

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Comments & Discussion

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Tim Cull 2 months ago

This a FANTASTIC.

Mark Fraioli 3 months ago

I happened across this recipe while pondering what to do with a largely useless bottle of matcha liqueur that had been struggling to justify the space it consumed in my liquor cabinet. Tried swapping in said problematic liqueur for the chartreuse. I thought the result was nice: the matcha added bit of earthiness. Perhaps Sir Winston would approve of as well: that swap got the French and the Vatican out of his cocktail while slipping some tea in…

Marek Vranka 8 months ago

it wasn't bad, but worse than the sum of its parts.

Ben Littlechilds 9 months ago

Bold is accurate. Unlike another review, the chartreuse and maraschino are up front, with a hint of absinthe right there. It's good….but dangerous.

Justin Aniello 9 months ago

I took a decent sip at first (like I usually do to get a good initial taste) and that was a big mistake due to the intense flavors. After that initial shock it was nice and herbal, the chartreuse and cynar melding together very well. Hint of licorice in the aftertaste. Maraschino barely showing, a good thing and a surprise with how much is in the recipe. Guess all the other bold flavors help keep it in check.

Simon Sedgley 11 months ago

When a mixologist makes quite a claim for one of his creations, for example by naming it after a towering statesman, we think it entirely reasonable to conjecture that it was just such a drink that prompted Mr Churchill's said aversion to cocktails. Which, in an oddly satisfactory way, makes the naming of this cocktail perfect.

John CARR 2 years ago

As suggested, served on the rocks, and well stirred down. Intense flavours, but balanced, none predominating over the others. I like how the various liqueurs’ flavours progressively emerge, like a good scotch. Recommended.

Beau Wadley 1 year ago

Over a year since your comment, but just wanted to say I agree wholeheartedly. At first taste I thought I should have done an absinthe rinse then dumped, but it faded to the background as the drink went on. Only critique is the chartreuse didn't quite show up, may use faccia brutto next time and save the chartreuse for all the Last Word variations. I did use a large ice sphere, so that did contribute to the evolution (positive) as dilution increased.