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Been waiting to try this for a while, as I’m a huge fan of The Last Word and its many riffs. I used hquality ingredients, took my first sip, and felt a tad disappointed… but then saw the garnish. So I expressed a lemon twist over the drink and tossed it in.
This utterly TRANSFORMED the drink! I already knew that citrus zest can make a significant difference, but now I see it can make ALL the difference! Although I suppose it could also be that this drink simply grew on me after more sipping…
It's reasonably nice and tangy and herbal, but it's relatively muddy in the realm of "tangy herbal sour cocktails that may or may not be last word riffs".
This will go into my scrapbook of cocktail recipes. My kind of cocktail. Interesting, not too tart, just enough of the tequila comes through. Will make this one again. Tonight!
Yes! Too often the Chartreuse can be overpowering, but this is a perfect balance (and I just used a bigger glass, to keep it simple in a 30ml = 1 shot country!!)
After imbibing The Bird is the Word no.2, I thought I'd revisit this. First time round it was a little too sweet, so this time I added a dash of Bittered Sling's Moondog bitters and for me it was a more rounded mouthful. Considering using your Margarita Bitter's next...