Last Word (lighter)

Name: Last Word (lighter)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 15 ml Lime Juice; 15 ml Green Chartreuse; 15 ml Maraschino Liqueur

Shaken gin with green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur and lime juice, served in a cocktail glass: herbal, tart and faintly cherry-sweet, with the gin in front. Created by Frank Fogarty at the Detroit Athletic Club in Detroit in 1920.

Similar names: Lighter Breeze

This lighter take on the Last Word, a drink credited to Frank Fogarty at the Detroit Athletic Club in 1920, uses equal parts of four ingredients. It spread to bars across America in the early 2000s, helped by its balance and simplicity.

Method

Shaken

Glass

cocktail

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Citrus

Floral

Herbal

Refreshing