Name: Next to Last Word
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 20 ml Maraschino liqueur; 20 ml Elderflower liqueur; 25 ml Lemon juice; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

2/3 fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

2/3 fl oz

Elderflower liqueur

5/6 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

3 drop

Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s (optional)

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 Next to Last Word contains 165 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
17.6% alc./vol. (35.2° proof)
18 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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trendomexico Premium Member 9w

Some are tall, some are little, in this travel to know all Lost Word variations. This is in a 7.7 level of a 10 scale. Certainly not as dull as someone else said in here. Is too soft, like if a usual Last Word is very manly, and this is subtle, floral, decimononic. A verse in a general poetry of words. Certailny in all recipes here there are the ones just too thin. At final in the Nick & Nora ends like a melted sorbet:sweet, citric and just a hint of proof.

Matt Premium Member 48w

I found this to be a mediocre cocktail, and one of the least appealing Last Word variants. Using the higher proportion of gin gives you a chance to taste the other components, but I found the interplay of maraschino and elderflower to be jarring.

Michael Kirshner Premium Member 49w

I made this for the wife after she had had a Chartreuse-less Last Word version at a swanky bar. Wife approved. Definitely needed the saline drops to balance the sweetness.

Werd Bmocsil 1y

Surely it should be named Penultimate Word

Alexandre Lockfeld 2y

Was looking for a Last Word variation to husband the remains of a small bottle of Chartreuse and found this. Made with Bombay Sapphire and used a Meyer lemon fresh off the indoor tree. It was fabulous! I used some salt as suggested and did not find it too sweet.

Dávid Ugróczi 3y

A but too sweet but otherwise perfect . The ingredients work really well together, but you need a strong, characterful gin (I used Tanqueray) to get a balanced result.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Agreed. I've now moved away from the equal parts recipe in search of better balance. The addition of a few drops of saline also helps.

John Marshall 2y

The saline absolutely makes this sing

Smythe Richbourg 3y

I was not prepared for how much I liked this! Though obviously not as deeply herbaceous as The Last Word, neither do any of the ingredients cost $60+/bottle! The cherry and elderflower play nicely with the lemon.