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

Next to Last Word
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Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
²⁄₃ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
²⁄₃ oz	Elderflower liqueur
⁵⁄₆ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
3 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) optional

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

A floral riff on the classic Last Word with maraschino to the fore.

The original, equal-parts, recipe is a touch on the sweet side. The addition of saline solution subtly improves this cocktail.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Next to Last Word contains 165 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
17.6% alc./vol. (17.6° proof)
16.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Werd Bmocsil

27th March at 17:38

Surely it should be named Penultimate Word

Alexandre Lockfeld

5th March 2024 at 01:04

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

5th August 2023 at 22:34

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.

John Marshall

18th September 2023 at 07:51

The saline absolutely makes this sing

Simon Difford

7th August 2023 at 21:00

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.

Smythe Richbourg

5th August 2023 at 04:39

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.