Bijou Bohème

Name: Bijou Bohème
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 5 drops Orange Bitters; 45 ml Gin; 1 Maraschino Cherry; 15 ml Green Chartreuse; 8 ml St-Germain; 23 ml Dry Vermouth

A stirred, gin-forward Bijou variation with Green Chartreuse, St-Germain and dry vermouth, finished with orange bitters and a maraschino cherry. Dry and herbal, with a little sweetness from the St-Germain. Created by Jason Westplate in 2013.

Jason Westplate created the Bijou Bohème in 2013 as a reworking of the classic Bijou, whose sweetness tended to overpower. Adding citrus helped the flavor but cost the clarity that gives the drink its jewel-like look, so this version keeps the sweet herbal character and uses St. Germain to hold it in balance.

Method

Stirred

Glass

rocks

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Dry

Floral

Herbal

Refreshing