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Thanx to the lord I read the comments first, because I thought I already make this. -the closing argument- nevertheless I have to make ALL the Last Word variations. So let's go . Is very good. I used mexican mezcal -there are two: the ones for internal market, the ones for external, one hard SMOKY, other lesser intense. It is a good Last Word. Now I am about two months I think doing all the Last Words. As soon as I finished I will start to make each page of the Difford printed guide. I think it would take 1 or 2 decades.

A very good cocktail, but I think the green Chartreuse is just a little too much for the mezcal to match - the smokiness is lost in the mass of Chartreuse botanicals and spices, with the tart lime accented by the maraschino emerging late in the taste.

One of the more underwhelming riffs on a Last Word. The mezcal just laying on the other ingredients like years of cigarette smoke on cheap upholstery.

Apart from the garnish and the order in which the ingredients are listed, how is this different from a Closing Argument? Precisely the same ingredients in the same volumes. And yet the Closing Argument receives a higher rating. Alchemy indeed. Or am I missing something?

This is delicious with Vicario Monk's Secret liqueur in place of Chartreuse verte. It adds a similar herbal complexity with a distinct, more assertive flavour profile, which would overpower the juniper in a Last Word, but plays nicely with the mezcal here, in my opinion.

This is the same (both ingredients and proportions) as the Closing Argument - the cocktail recipe, that's it, except for the garnish.