Name: Eclipse No. 2
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 15 ml Chartreuse Green; 15 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Eclipse No. 2
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Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
¹⁄₂ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

If you like a Last Word, you'll like this.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in R. de Fleury's 1934 book 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar.

ECLIPSE No. 2
2/3 Rum
1/6 Chartreuse
1/6 Sweetened Lemon Juice
Serve with a Cherry.
R. de Fleury, 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar, 1934

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Nutrition:

One serving of Eclipse No. 2 contains 185 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
22.69% alc./vol. (45.39° proof)
19.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Kevin Haynes

7th February at 01:37

A definitely different riff on the Last Word. All the botanical comes from the chartreuse alone with rum replacing the gin, but that's not a bad thing. It lets the chartreuse shine on its own. The sweetened lemon is a little milder than the lime and maraschino and sits nicely with the rest of the drink.

A notch below the Last Word, but for me that just means I'm giving it 5 vs 5+ stars!

Bill Lennox

6th February at 20:38

Light and fresh. Very easy to sip. The Chartreuse gives a gentle herbal undertone to what would otherwise be a simple daiquiri. Not complex, but very enjoyable.

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