Chartreuse Swizzle

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
1⁄2 oz Difford's Falernum liqueur
1 1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
3⁄4 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge speared with a Luxardo Maraschino Cherry and grated nutmeg.
  3. POUR all ingredients into chilled glass and two-thirds fill with crushed ice.
  4. SWIZZLE and then fill the glass with more crushed ice.
  5. Add more crushed ice to fill glass and SWIZZLE some more.
  6. Garnish with pineapple wedge speared with cherry and dust with freshly grated nutmeg.
  7. Serve with a straw.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

A swizzle for people like me - Chartreuse lovers. Best enjoyed on a hot summer's evening.

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History:

Created in 2002 by Marco Dionysos at Tres Agaves in San Francisco, California.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Chartreuse Swizzle contains 229 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.8 standard drinks
  • 19.57% alc./vol. (19.57° proof)
  • 25 grams of pure alcohol

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Peter Barth’s Avatar Peter Barth
18th June at 18:14
This is mean green animal - the Grinch among the cocktails.
For a smoother variant, do consult the Emerald swizzle ; )
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Cliff Manning’s Avatar Cliff Manning
2nd January at 17:33
Even people who claimed they don’t like chartreuse loved it! It was the hit of the party.

Beware: This will drain your bottle!
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Landon Brown’s Avatar Landon Brown
28th October 2024 at 11:41
Can't believe I waited so long to make this (was coveting my Chartreuse). Falernum is a beautiful bridge between the pineapple and Chartreuse. Really a wonderful cocktail.
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Annechien’s Avatar Annechien
4th October 2024 at 20:19
That is dangerously good. And I’m not even a big chartreuse fan.
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Juan Simon’s Avatar Juan Simon
26th July 2024 at 01:51
I mustered the courage (cost) and made one, OMG! Loving Tiki and Chartruese this is one the best drinks I have had so far.
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Fady Yousif’s Avatar Fady Yousif
16th July 2024 at 23:53
Can you use allspice dram instead of falernum?
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
17th July 2024 at 09:15
No. Allspice dram and falernum are very different.
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Jose Cruz’s Avatar Jose Cruz
9th July 2024 at 02:34
I make this often, but opting to conserve Chartreuse, using 30ML galliano 🤌 and 20 amaro (montenegro) , delicious.
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Peter Hodge’s Avatar Peter Hodge
7th May 2024 at 18:29
Tried it with green and yellow chartreuse. I preferred the green. Yellow was a little too sweet. Great cocktail for people who may not be fans of Chartreuse. I really liked it!
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Jose Cruz’s Avatar Jose Cruz
6th March 2024 at 05:15
I recently acquired Absinthe, decided to add 5Ml to compliment the chartreuse, lovely outcome. I used yellow chart.
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Jose Cruz’s Avatar Jose Cruz
14th January 2024 at 05:17
I made it with Galliano ... came out great (better then green) ! okai im done messing around with this cocktail for now ;D
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