Name: Mon Dernier Mot (My Last Word)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Cognac (brandy); 20 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 15 ml Ginger liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice

Mon Dernier Mot (My Last Word)
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
²⁄₃ oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
¹⁄₂ oz	Ginger liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of skewered crystallised ginger.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with skewered crystallised ginger.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Tangy lemon and cognac with sweet herbal and ginger notes. An interesting riff on The Last Word.

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History:

Created in 2015 by Edward Godard at Berlin Bar in Melbourne, Australia.
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Nutrition:

One serving of Mon Dernier Mot (My Last Word) contains 208 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
22.79% alc./vol. (22.79° proof)
20.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Ruth Harvey

7th March at 18:48

Great...and that's my last word on the matter.

G. M. Genovese

29th February 2024 at 21:43

I used a lowered measure of Chartreuse green and level cut of Barrow's ginger... Good, but surprisingly dry. (29 Feb 2024, 4:43p)

John Hinojos

2nd October 2023 at 00:28

Delightful cocktail. Found it just a tad sweet, but not overly. Was expecting a sweet cocktail. Added a couple of drops of grapefruit bitters and balanced the sweetness for us. Forgot that the candied ginger added a bit more sweetness.
Would definitely to again as I have a husband who loves ginger.

Herbert Brant

23rd September 2023 at 22:43

Very pleasing. I love the Domaine de Canton Ginger, and it can hold its own in this mix. The wild card for this cocktail for me was the Chartreuse —which is almost impossible to get here in the US. So I substituted Absinthe, and the result was wonderful.

James Casswell

15th April 2023 at 21:47

Perhaps not my favourite Last Word variation but still pretty tasty. Perhaps due to my choice of ginger liqueur next time I'll use a bit more.

letti pearce

3rd March 2023 at 17:25

Nice variation, spicy from the ginger, herby from the chartreuse. Rather depends on the fieriness of the ginger. I had Crabbies which is good and fiery, but my current Giffard’s doesn’t pack quite the same punch.

Jeremy Harrold

16th November 2021 at 19:05

A bit of a let down. The Yellow Chartreuse gets lost in the mix and the Cognac and Ginger really do not assert themselves. Less than the sum of its parts.