Name: Transcontinental
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 52.5 ml Gin; 10 ml Maraschino liqueur; 5 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 7.5 ml Crème de violette; 15 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Chilled water

Transcontinental
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ³⁄₄ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₃ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
¹⁄₄ oz	Rothman & Winter Crème de Violette Liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

The Last Word meets the Aviation somewhere over the French-Italian border.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe, with the help and input from Tim Ihde (via comments on our Last Word history and variations page) who discovered this cocktail in 2016 at the Brick Farm Tavern in Hopewell, Hopewell, New Jersey, USA, which he says is "an excellent cocktail bar and farm-to-table restaurant."

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Nutrition:

One serving of Transcontinental contains 178 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
21.48% alc./vol. (21.48° proof)
20.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Sean Williamson

27th February 2024 at 04:08

Impulsively bought a bottle of CdV and I'm tired of Aviations. The chartreuse works beautifully and lessons the floral aroma while rounding out an excellent drink.

Jack Snyder

7th April 2022 at 02:00

I've been replacing Yellow Chartreuse with Benedictine D.O.M. and Creme de Violette with Creme Yvette, and I've found it's just as perfect with those modifications

John Hinojos

9th March 2022 at 00:53

This is a perfect blend of flavours. The cocktail is refreshing, but not too sweet. There are herbals hints. Was perfect as a before dinner cocktail, but would also work in the evening.

John Hinojos

9th March 2022 at 01:02

I have never been disappointed by any of Simon's cocktails. They are always spot on to our tastes and have a level of sophistication. In my favourites.