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20 best variations on the Last Word cocktail
Both the Last Word's name and the simplicity of its traditionally equal parts recipe lend themselves to adaptation. It is also very much a bartenders'...
Tim Ihde
10th September 2021 at 16:59
I ran into another variation in a bar near Princeton, kinda a cross between a Last Word and an Aviation: Lemon Juice, Gin, Maraschino, Chartreuse (yellow I think), and then 1/2 part of Violet Liqueur. They called it a Transcontinental.
25th September 2022 at 06:17
Delicious!!!!
13th September 2021 at 18:07
Thanks for the extra info. Here's my version of the Transcontinental so far: 52.5ml dry gin, 10ml maraschino liqueur, 5ml Yellow Chartreuse, 7.5ml violet liqueur, 15ml lemon juice.
13th September 2021 at 16:01
I attempted to recreate this in 2016 and have some notes. The bar was the Brick Farm Tavern in Hopewell, an excellent cocktail bar and farm-to-table restaurant. Like they grow their own lamb farm-to-table. Anyway the recreation I came up with was
1.5 oz Bombay Saphire gin
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz Maraschino
1/2 oz Green Chartreuse (I didn't have yellow)
1/2 oz Violet liqueur (bitter truth)
To be honest when I look at this it seems more like an Aviation with Chartreuse than a Last Word with violet. But it's in the same ballpark.
1.5 oz Bombay Saphire gin
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz Maraschino
1/2 oz Green Chartreuse (I didn't have yellow)
1/2 oz Violet liqueur (bitter truth)
To be honest when I look at this it seems more like an Aviation with Chartreuse than a Last Word with violet. But it's in the same ballpark.
11th September 2021 at 11:59
Sounds tasty. I'll have a play and see if I can come up with the full recipe. Please let me know if you find our more, inc. name of that bar near Princeton.