Garnish:
Lime zest twist
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 1/3 fl oz | Gin |
| 1/3 fl oz | Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur) |
| 1/3 fl oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/6 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
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Review:
Herbal and zesty. I've taken the liberty of adding a splash of sugar to this not too distant relation to the Last Word.
History:
Adapted from the following recipe in the 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book Coronation Edition which says this cocktail was "Invented by J. B. Hurrell".
"2/3 Seager's Gin
1/6 Lime juice
1/6 Green Chartreuse
Shake"
Nutrition:
One serving of Green Ghost contains 140 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.2 standard drinks
- 25.68% alc./vol. (51.36° proof)
- 16.7 grams of pure alcohol
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