Name: Wordsmith
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml OP high ester aged pot still rum; 22.5 ml Chartreuse Green; 22.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 22.5 ml Lime juice

Ingredients

³⁄₄ fl oz

Overproof aged pot still rum (high-ester 4-6 years old)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

³⁄₄ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Wordsmith contains 202 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
27.02% alc./vol. (54.04° proof)
26.1 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 14w

Read all the comments before making this. Only rums in house right now are Rhum J.M blanc 55% abv and Hamilton 151 False Idol version. Really made this to try the latter in it. I think I prefer rum in a Last Word (riff) to gin. Smith & Cross sounds like a spectacular fit.

trendomexico Premium Member 18w

Very Very Dimetap. And that doesn't mean is bad, is just like bitter and sweet in the way cof medicines are. It has certainly an aftertaste of a long kiss with the apothecary. Oddly enough much more herbal than all other last words being given. Word of mouth, wordsmith maybe is a word to be pronounced just once.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 18w

Greetings my friend. Saw your post and had to revisit this one...'It has certainly an aftertaste of a long kiss with the apothecary.' Certainly gave me a chuckle! We all need humor these days. Salude! Oh, and I'm curious, what did you make yours with if I may ask?

trendomexico Premium Member 18w

I did it with a 43º Appleton State Jamaica Rum, I was between that and a Kingston gold :D thank you for reading my review! Is sort of my Dipsomaniac Diaries :D

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Ian Lockley Premium Member 1y

Oh boy this is a powerhouse Last Word riff. Fantastic. Why am I slurring my words now, though?

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Tried it this time with split shots S&C/Rum Fire and green Chartreuse/ Dolin génépy. Had to add a Heart!♥︎☆☆☆☆+

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

By the time I got to the bottom of this and it had warmed up bit it reached a perfect balance: All the best flavors of the rums, chartreuse, maraschino, lime sour plus zest; ☆☆☆☆☆♡.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 18w

Made a lower ABV version this time: 30ml Meyrs's original dark, 7.5ml Rum Fire; 30ml Cloosterbitter (wintergreen leads), 7.5 Chartreuse Verte; fresh lime juice, Maraska Maraschino, lime zest. Still fabulous!

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

Tried it with Wray and Nephew. Surprisingly peppery on the palate. It's delicious though, not Maraschino forward at all which is a surprise.

ASM 123 1y

I made with S&C and thought it slightly clashed with the other flavours as they are all so powerful. Second time (not sure I needed to do immediately after!) with Wray & Nephew which worked much IMHO.

Peter Hodge 2y

S&C and chartreuse are such strong flavours it peaked my curiosity to see them in the same drink. An initial whack of herbally notes, slight fruity and bitter then that rum funk finishes it off nicely.

Peter Griffith Premium Member 2y

I think I will make this with a good Charanda

Peter Griffith Premium Member 2y

It is superb with Charanda Uruapan!

Stephen Curtin 3y

Out of curiosity, is there a Last Word variation using light Cuban style rum, and if so what is it called? Is it still a Wordsworth?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Not that I'm aware of. Hence, I've just added a new light rum-based Last Word which I've christened A Quiet Word. It's tasty! Many thanks, Stephen.

Chris Brislawn 3y

Sympathize with A. Garnett. Smith & Cross matches exactly what the recipe calls for, but it just sounds WRONG for this cocktail. The grassy/floral character of Clement Rhum Blanc Agricole "Canne Blue" (100 proof!) works wonders with Chartreuse. This is what a rum-based Last Word should taste like. Last Words with equal proportions are pretty sweet for my palate so I upped the rhum agricole to 1 oz and threw a lime twist into the shaker. My wife agrees: Delightful!

Filip Vervloesem Premium Member 2y

I love Smith & Cross, but after trying this with Clément Blanc 40%, I must admit that it makes a much better rum-based Last Word. Thanks for the suggestion!

Chris Brislawn 2y

Glad you enjoyed it! Try it with the Clement "Canne Bleue" if you can find it. A rhum blanc agricole seems like a much more natural replacement for the gin in a rum-based Last Word than a Jamaican-style rum given the herbal character of the Last Word. I'd give it a different name altogether, but I'm not versed in the etiquette of renaming someone else's recipe after simply changing the brand of one ingredient in the drink or tweaking the proportions a bit. Besides, I like the Wordsmith name.