Name: Green Goddess
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 20 ml Pisco; 20 ml Mint fernet amaro; 10 ml Chartreuse Green; 10 ml Green crème de menthe; 6 drop Mint bitters

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

²⁄₃ fl oz

Pisco

²⁄₃ fl oz

Brancamenta

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe

6 drop

Mint bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of mint leaf.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with small mint leaf floated on surface.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Green Goddess contains 240 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
29.71% alc./vol. (59.43° proof)
26.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Jesse C. 5w

I thought 2/3 oz mastiha would be a nice substitute for the creme de menthe. It works! A very nice fancy riff on the Stinger that sticks pretty close to the flavour of that cocktail in my opinion. Side by side I'd likely prefer this for its added bitter complexity and more of a green botanical peppermint tea-like note than you'd get from just Cognac and creme de menthe. Pisco's floral note comes through subtly mostly on the finish. I can't pick out the green Chartreuse specifically, but I imagine it's contributing to that herbal tea-like note.

Nikolaus Linder Premium Member 28w

Great! I added one small drop of mint oil — simply perfect in its deep mintiness. An ideal digestif.

Sport Murphy 32w

Nice! Seemed strange to try a minty drink on this ice cold night in NY, but it's working just fine. You'd expect all the mint elements to make it sort of one-note, but there's real depth to it.

Don't ask me why, but I felt like a different kind of bright note might be nice, and 2 drops of cherry bitters did the trick. But even as directed, it's a pleasure.

Kevin Haynes Premium Member 32w

If I don't have Brancamenta, but do have Fernet, can I just up the creme de menthe a touch and still get close? Though still wouldn't have the peppermint bitters... :(

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 32w

No. Best invest in a bottle of Brancamenta. Stick in the fridge and enjoy over ice as a late-night digestivo. You won't regret it!

Kevin Haynes Premium Member 28w

I am not regretting it at all! The Brancamenta is very nice on its own! And this cocktail is really delicious (even though I don't have mint bitters)

It's really interesting how the flavors sort of come through at different times yet still marry together nicely. Chartreuse first, then the base spirits followed by the mint. Nicely done, Simon!