Chartreuse Swizzle

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (244 ratings)

Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
12 oz Difford's Falernum liqueur
1 12 oz Pineapple juice
34 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge speared with a Luxardo Maraschino Cherry and grated nutmeg.

How to make:

  1. POUR all ingredients into chilled glass and two-thirds fill with crushed ice.
  2. SWIZZLE and then fill the glass with more crushed ice.
  3. Add more crushed ice to fill glass and SWIZZLE some more.

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with pineapple wedge speared with cherry and dust with freshly grated nutmeg.
  2. Serve with a straw.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

A swizzle for people like me - Chartreuse lovers. Best enjoyed on a hot summer's evening.

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History:

Created in 2002 by Marco Dionysos at Tres Agaves in San Francisco, California.

Nutrition:

One serving of Chartreuse Swizzle contains 229 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.8 standard drinks
  • 19.57% alc./vol. (19.57° proof)
  • 25 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
26th August at 12:14
With this, we like to float 5ml of over-proof, pot still, aged Jamaican Rum...in our case Worthy Park 109. For us, both Green and Yellow Chartreuse dance very seductively with Rum and Tequila.
Loz Horner ’s Avatar Loz Horner
9th August at 16:45
Wow. New summer fave.
29th June at 12:31
I made this using Jägermeister instead of Chartreuse, and I used my homemade falernum. Oh my was it good, it is definitely one of my top favorite cocktails
Peter Barth’s Avatar Peter Barth
18th June at 18:14
This is mean green animal - the Grinch among the cocktails.
For a smoother variant, do consult the Emerald swizzle ; )
2nd January at 17:33
Even people who claimed they don’t like chartreuse loved it! It was the hit of the party.

Beware: This will drain your bottle!
Landon Brown’s Avatar Landon Brown
28th October 2024 at 11:41
Can't believe I waited so long to make this (was coveting my Chartreuse). Falernum is a beautiful bridge between the pineapple and Chartreuse. Really a wonderful cocktail.
Annechien’s Avatar Annechien
4th October 2024 at 20:19
That is dangerously good. And I’m not even a big chartreuse fan.
Juan Simon’s Avatar Juan Simon
26th July 2024 at 01:51
I mustered the courage (cost) and made one, OMG! Loving Tiki and Chartruese this is one the best drinks I have had so far.
Fady Yousif’s Avatar Fady Yousif
16th July 2024 at 23:53
Can you use allspice dram instead of falernum?
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
17th July 2024 at 09:15
No. Allspice dram and falernum are very different.
Jose Cruz’s Avatar Jose Cruz
9th July 2024 at 02:34
I make this often, but opting to conserve Chartreuse, using 30ML galliano 🤌 and 20 amaro (montenegro) , delicious.