Last Word

Gin, Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur, Green Chartreuse, Lime

The Last Word was created in 1916 at the Detroit Men’s Club and was their most expensive drink at $0.35 each. Frank Fogherty, a traveling stand-up comedian, acquired the recipe as he stopped through Detroit that year, and transported it back to New York City where it became popular and published.

A good Last Word reflects the green in its ingredients - the bottle of Luxardo, green chartreuse, lime juice, the herbs used to create gin...lots of green. You start with a herbaceous gin then turn it up to 11. Perfect for sipping as an aperitif or hanging out on the back porch enjoying the sunset.

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Tools:

Shaking Tins

Hawthorne Strainer

Fine Strainer

Coupette

Garnish Pick

Ingredients:

¾ Gin (The Botanist, Hendricks, Tanqueray 10)

¾ Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur

¾ Green Chartreuse

¾ Lime Juice

Garnish:

Luxardo Cherry

Process:

Add all ingredients into the shaker, add ice and close the shaker.

Shake and fine strain into a coupette.

Negroni

Gin, Campari, Sweet Vermouth

A nod to the Americano's bigger brother. This cocktail is bitter sweet and strong. It makes for an easy drink to pre-batch for parties, and is an easy drink to remember how to make. In Sydney, it was very popular to have Negroni's on tap. Quick, easy and effective.

Tools:

Mixing Glass

Hawthorne Strainer

Bar Spoon

Jigger

Rocks Glass

Ingredients:

1 oz Gin

1 oz Campari

1 oz Antica Formula Sweet Vermouth

Garnish:

Orange Peel

Process:

Stir all ingredients in a beaker with ice and strain into a rocks glass with one large cube.

Easy peasy, orange peel squeezy.

Old Fashioned

Whiskey, Sugar, Bitters

Tools:

Mixing Glass

Hawthorne Strainer

Bar Spoon

Rocks Glass

Ingredients:

2 oz bourbon (Basil Hayden, Knob Creek, Michter's)

5 dashes Angostura bitters

2 dashes orange bitters (optional)

1 bspn simple syrup

Orange Peel

Luxardo Cherry (optional)

Process:

Add sugar, bitters, then bourbon into a mixing glass. Add cubed ice and use your long handled barspoon to stir 10x clockwise & 10x anti-clockwise. Use your Hawthorne strainer to pour your cocktail over a single, clear cube in a rocks glass, preferably cut crystal. Add garnish and enjoy.

Garnish:

Orange Peel Zest

For the pyros, take out your lighter and lightly toast the outside of the peel, then with two fingers, pinch the peel so the oils create a burst of flame. Pyrotechnics are always fun.Twist the peel as you circle the glass rim to release the oils along the entire circumference. Drop the twisted peel into the class, preferably upright…at least for the first drink. For those to enjoy the sweeter side of life, add a Luxardo cherry and don't be surprised by your sudden desire for Coltrane.