Name: Other Word
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Mezcal; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 5 ml Agave syrup; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Other Word
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
³⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
¹⁄₄ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Agave syrup
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Mezcal fortifies this Californian riff on the Last Word.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Eric Alperin at The Varnish in Los Angeles, California. Eric's original recipe, as published in his 2020 book Unvarnished, calls for:
60ml (2oz) Mezcal
30ml (1oz) Lime juice
7.5ml (¼oz) Yellow Chartreuse
7.5ml (¼oz) Maraska Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
5ml (barspoon) Agave syrup.

Nutrition:

One serving of Other Word contains 186 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
22.11% alc./vol. (22.11° proof)
22.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Calvin Grant

9th July 2024 at 03:38

Kind of a subtle play on a Last Word especially as the ice melts; or not, depending on your mezcal.

Niccolò Murtas

2nd April 2023 at 17:34

I was too rough in dropping the "drops" of saline solution, and half of the liquid felt in. And what do you know? It is actually good.

Rajat Mittal

28th April 2022 at 07:13

I agree with Florian. Slightly too sweet for my taste, but otherwise a great cocktail. Next time I’m going to try halving the agave.

Florian Ruf

16th April 2022 at 15:44

For my taste buds it is a bit too sweet and the lime could be more present (although I used a dash saline solution). Less Agave, more lime and possibly a tiny bit more Luxardo will be my next try. A cocktail worth to experiment with!

Kris Landsverk

2nd October 2021 at 12:04

Wow, really tasty and my new favorite mezcal cocktail, just after the Mezcal Martinez. Who'd have thought mezcal and chartreuse would complement each other so well?

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