Name: The Symphony
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 20 ml Maraschino liqueur; 10 ml Chartreuse Green; 5 ml Peated malt whisky; 20 ml Lemon juice

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

²⁄₃ fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Peated single malt whisky

²⁄₃ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon 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 The Symphony contains 161 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
22.84% alc./vol. (45.69° proof)
20.8 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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trendomexico Premium Member 7w

Many of this versions go into the mezcal in order to not get what Ardbeg do perfectly here. Smoky depth: complish but coquette. With a beautiful bitter aftertaste. The name is perfect for the flavors in different orchestrations. Many other recipes are just derivative, and not definitive. This is a real addition.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 16w

On our first sip, this tasted a wee bit unbalanced. By our final sip, we had decided that that is part of its charm. Sometimes a drink benefits from a bold note or two around which the other more subtle notes can dance. Perhaps Ludwig would have approved. Anyway, on a second pass and in that spirit we simply added a barspoon of Lagavulin as a float prior to the lemon garnish. Delicious for us.

trendomexico Premium Member 7w

beautiful description

Tim Cull 16w

I used slightly more peat and slightly more green and slightly less luxardo and I think that was a good call

Jeff Durbin 20w

Try...

1.5 Boodles London Dry Gin
1.0 Italicus instead of Maraschino
1.0 Pages Verte instead of Green Chartreuse
1.0 8-year old blended Scotch
1.0 lemon juice

Next time, I will reduce the lemon juice to 0.5.

trendomexico Premium Member 7w

I really should try the italicus instead of the Maraschino

wang sanwu 50w

I double the herbal liqueur and cut maraschino to the half,I think that's better

Jan O 2y

As far as Last Word riffs go, this is probably my favourite. Used ~7,5 - 10 ml of Lagavulin 16 and it introduced subtle peaty/smokey hints that went well with Chartreuse.

Alexander Timofeyev 3y

My preferred variation is with equal parts maraschino and green chartreuse - 15 ml each - with a Lagavulin rinse in addition to the 5 ml in the cocktail. I feel the flavours better balanced that way, and the hint of smoke and peat comes through without getting lost.

Crystal Light 3y

Just tried the original recipe, then adjusted it according to your suggestion. And I 100% agree—this really elevated the drink for me!

G. Dewy 3y

Upped the Islay to 10 ml and layered it on the drink at the end, perfect for when you like a smoky nose.

we st 3y

lovely, but could use a little bit more peat

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 3y

To my taste, 10 ml of the Maraschino and 15 ml of the Chartreuse was a step in the right direction. 7.5 ml of Laphroaig (added 2.5 ml more after the shake/strain) helped to amplify the smoky edge just enough. But in regards to the notes and modifications, yes, a mere rinse with the Islay is not nearly enough.