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.

Loose Talk
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
⁵⁄₆ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
0.42 oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
0.42 oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
0.42 oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
0.42 oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
⁵⁄₆ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of Green Chartreuse and scorched rosemary sprig.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with a flamed mist of Green Chartreuse and scorched rosemary sprig.

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Review:

A riff on a Last Ward, boozy, bittersweet and aromatic.

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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

See: Last Word history

Nutrition:

One serving of Loose Talk contains 199 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
21.29% alc./vol. (21.29° proof)
22.3 grams of pure alcohol

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David Kennedy

21st May at 21:27

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

David Kennedy

21st May at 21:29

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

Lee O'Nardo

5th January 2024 at 20:20

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

30th December 2023 at 17:52

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.

Alexander Timofeyev

21st May 2023 at 17:39

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 pearce

3rd March 2023 at 17:29

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

Florian Ruf

25th June 2022 at 19:27

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

21st May 2023 at 17:24

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.

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