Name: Carthusian Nail
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Scotch whisky; 22.5 ml Honey herbal liqueur; 7.5 ml Chartreuse Green

Carthusian Nail
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Blended Scotch whisky
³⁄₄ oz	Honey herbal liqueur (e.g. Drambuie)
¹⁄₄ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare mint sprigs for garnish.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with mint sprigs bouquet.

Review:

A Chartreuse-influenced riff on the classic Rusty Nail.

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History:

Created in 2010 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Carthusian Nail contains 197 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
32.68% alc./vol. (32.68° proof)
24.5 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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Peter McCarthy

4th May at 06:37

This is great with Johnnie Walker Black. A bit sweet up front, but the smoke and bitter herbal go a long way to balance it out. Nice work, Simon.

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Caspian Berggren

26th February at 13:00

Honestly didn't think you'd notice much of the Chartreuse at all but that liqueur continues to surprise me. It's not hitting you over the face but it's certainly an herbal Rusty Nail. I like my Nails with less Drambuie though so next time I'll use something like 1.5cl, and maybe lower the Chartreuse a bit as well to keep it balanced.

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