Cocktail

Dutch Kills Last Word

Richard Boccato & Dutch Kills

Coupe Glass

Ingredients

0.75 oz

Lime Juice

heaping/heavy pour
0.75 oz

Maraska Maraschino Syrup

equal parts Maraska Maraschino liqueur and simple syrup
0.75 oz

Green Chartreuse
0.75 oz

Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin
1 whole

Lime Twist

expressed and discarded

expressed over the surface and discarded
1 whole

Maraschino Cherry

preferably Luxardo or Fabbri Amarena; sunk into the drink

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with one large-format ice cube. Shake vigorously until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe. Express a lime twist over the surface of the drink and discard. Sink a maraschino cherry into the cocktail to serve.

About

Richard Boccato's award-winning riff on the classic Last Word, where splitting the maraschino with simple syrup brings the cocktail into perfect sweet-tart equilibrium — a limesicle-like harmony of equal parts that's both visually striking and impeccably balanced.

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