Dublin Minstrel

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (244 ratings)

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Irish whiskey
23 oz Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
23 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
23 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
× 1 1 serving
Read about cocktail measures and measuring

How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
Cocktail of the day:

3rd March 2025 is International Irish Whiskey Day

Review:

A riff on the classic Last Word cocktail substituting Irish whiskey for gin. Named after Frank Fogarty, a vaudeville performer known as The Dublin Minstrel. Fogarty is referenced in Ted Saucier's 1951 Bottoms Up! book as introducing the Last Word to the Detroit Athletic Club around 1920 and is possibly who the Last Word was originally named after.

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History:

Created by yours truly on 12th February 2015 at the Cabinet Room in London, England. Inspired by the Last Word entry in Ted Saucier's 1951 Bottoms Up book.

LAST WORD
Courtesy, Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit
"The cocktail was introduced around here about thirty years ago Frank Fogarty, who was very well known in vaudeville. He was called the 'Dublin Minstrel,' and was a very fine monologue artist
¼ dry gin
¼ maraschino
¼ chartreuse
¼ lime juice
Ice
Serve in cocktail glass.

Ted Saucier, Bottoms Up, 1951

Last Word history

Nutrition:

One serving of Dublin Minstrel contains 186 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 24.02% alc./vol. (24.02° proof)
  • 21.6 grams of pure alcohol

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9th March at 19:57
The extra 10ml of whisky in the ratios really helps as its not as bold as the gin inthe original but works well
Loïc Pierre’s Avatar Loïc Pierre
6th March at 21:23
Tried with bourbon, very enjoyable...
Sally Morgan’s Avatar Sally Morgan
1st March at 19:38
As the man himself has pointed out there aren't too many Welsh themed cocktails. So swap the whisky for Penderyn and switch to yellow chartreuse and you'll have yourself a 'St David's harpist ' just in time for St David's day - phew! Both versions pretty tasty
Greg W’s Avatar Greg W
2nd January at 03:02
The Last Word is one of my favorite cocktails, but I find this to be superior. I stick to the specs and feel it benefits from a good long shake. I have tried it with more expensive Irish whiskeys but find regular Jameson works quite well. Excellent work Mr. Difford.
John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
9th March at 11:25
Agreed, this was one of my earlier Last Word experiments, and it really works. Jameson black barrel is the Irish whiskey that I most often have in house, and it works great here.
Caspian Berggren’s Avatar Caspian Berggren
16th December 2024 at 18:37
I think you're going to have to use a pretty flavorful whisky if you want to notice it. Probably prefer a Last Word over this but it's definitely not bad.
Shay Dabush’s Avatar Shay Dabush
18th September 2024 at 20:28
I like it better than The Last Word, but agree with many of the comments below - the whisky is hard to notice.
Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
23rd August 2024 at 15:26
We love this, so bravo! And we think it does well with Mezcal in place of the Whiskey. In which case it may be an "il trovadore de Zacatecas".
Joel Tunnah’s Avatar Joel Tunnah
5th August 2024 at 20:03
It's pretty good as is, but for me it's a bit too overpowered with Chartreuse and Maraschino.
I like this better:
1.5 oz Irish whiskey
0.5 oz Green Chartreuse
0.5 oz Maraschino Liquor
0.5 oz Lime juice.
Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
20th July 2024 at 03:24
Had no Chartreuse, used Liquore Strega and Dolin Génépy split 50/50. Exceptional!
John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
9th March at 11:31
Sounds worth trying! I’m out of Chartreuse and the price is crazy these days! After the “great Chartreuse crisis of ‘21” the price gouging buggers have never dropped the price back down again. 😡
Pekka Savolainen’s Avatar Pekka Savolainen
8th May 2024 at 13:18
Chartreuse is really overpowering. As hard as I try, can’t taste whisky.
Joel Tunnah’s Avatar Joel Tunnah
5th August 2024 at 20:06
There's just too much of it in this recipe. See my comment above.
Yorey C’s Avatar Yorey C
29th July 2024 at 22:40
i think you usually pick irish and canadian whisky for mildness