Name: Loose Talk
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 25 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 12.5 ml Gentian liqueur; 12.5 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 12.5 ml Lemon juice; 12.5 ml Lime juice; 25 ml Maraschino liqueur; 5 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.

Ingredients

⁵⁄₆ fl oz

Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)

⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz

Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)

⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz

Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)

⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

⁵⁄₆ fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of Green Chartreuse and scorched rosemary sprig.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with a flamed mist of Green Chartreuse and scorched rosemary sprig.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Loose Talk contains 199 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
21.27% alc./vol. (42.54° proof)
24 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in 2017 by Tom Sherring at Piano Kensington, London, United Kingdom.

Loose' as in playing loosely with the original ingredients, 'Talk' as in a synonym for word. Echoes the WW2 propaganda slogan (riske nature of the activity of gossip,) and of the pop band Gossip, and the alternative identity gender politics that they stand/stood for.

Tom Sherring, 2017

Comments & Discussion

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Calvin Grant Premium Member 4w

Wow! Flaming a Green Chartreuse mist was fun. Cocktail was good also. Very good!...However, I can still smell the burnt hair on the back of my hand. Beware

trendomexico Premium Member 11w

The honey in Benedictine it seem its a change maker. Certainly is loose but change the conversation. It add one to be explore further.

Gareth Hives Premium Member 15w

Another into the favourites. Having an evening of trying a few off the wishlist, Division Bell got 4 stars and not a favourite, this is 5 stars and made the cut . Might have time for a 3rd, we’ll see.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 4w

Same here. Five stars.

Nathalie O Flynn Premium Member 33w

From the comments I didn’t think twice to reduce the Maraschino, bye only a little bit. It was a fine cocktail, most enjoyable

David Kennedy Premium Member 1y

This cocktail blew me away. Lots of layers to it. The chartreuse is always a welcome favorite! 😀

David Kennedy Premium Member 1y

I also used Maraska Maraschino which isn’t quite as funky as Luxardo. I’m sure it would be a fine drink either way.

Nathalie O Flynn Premium Member 33w

Funny I used to have a colleague called David Kennedy, back in the 80’s. A great guy.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 4w

Maraska worked for me as well.

Lee O'Nardo 2y

That's goooood, nicely boozy and bitter sweet, love how the lemon and lime juices play together, the Maraschino is just right for my taste, I might use the 50:50 citrus mix in some Last Word riffs to see how they are affected by this.

Dominik Proschmann 2y

I agree with the other comments on reducing the Luxardo. Instead of misting I dipped the rosemary sprig into green chartreuse and then flamed it, really enhanced the smell and the cocktail.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 4w

Great idea!

Alexander Timofeyev 3y

Four different liqueurs, two juices, and an exotic garnish? How very tiki. I did find the maraschino to be a bit too much for me, and cutting it in half was much better.

For those on the US side of the pond, I would recommend these proportions:
1 oz Rittenhouse Rye
0.5 oz Suze
0.5 oz Yellow Chartreuse
0.5 oz Luxardo Maraschino
0.5 oz lemon juice
0.5 oz lime juice
1 tsp Benedictine

And I went with a green chartreuse rinse, as misting it seemed a bit much for home mixing.

Letti Penguin Premium Member 3y

Liked this a lot, lots going on, citrusy floral and herbal with a lovely touch of bitter suze.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 4y

I am the known Luxardo skeptic, so the next time I would reduce Luxardo by a half. But this is anyway a really special cocktail worth to make it! I eased the preparation by rinsing the cooled glasses with Chartreuse vert instead of spraying the ready cocktail.

Alexander Timofeyev 3y

I completely agree. I lowered the maraschino to 15 ml, bumped up the Suze, yellow chartreuse, and juices to 15 ml and rye to 30, and did a green chartreuse rinse instead of the flamed green chartreuse spritz (which is a bit much for a home bartender) and was very happy with the results.