CLASSIC · GREEN CHARTREUSE

Chartreuse Swizzle

Name: Chartreuse Swizzle
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Green Chartreuse; 30 ml Fresh Pineapple Juice; 22.5 ml Fresh Lime Juice; 15 ml Falernum; Pebble Ice; Fresh Mint Leaves; Grated Nutmeg

A vibrant tropical swizzle that channels the complex herbal brilliance of Green Chartreuse through a lush wave of fresh pineapple and lime, anchored by the warm spiced depth of Falernum.

Ingredients

Green Chartreuse45 ml

Fresh Pineapple Juice30 ml

Fresh Lime Juice22.5 ml

Falernum15 ml

Pebble Ice

Fresh Mint Leaves

Grated Nutmeg

Glassware

Tall Glass

Chilled.

Flavor

Anise · Cardamom · Ginger · Honey · Lime · Mint · Pineapple

Estimated profile

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Method

1
Add Green Chartreuse, fresh pineapple juice, fresh lime juice, and Falernum to a tall glass.
2
Fill the glass halfway with pebble ice.
3
Insert a swizzle stick or bar spoon and swizzle vigorously between your palms for 10–15 seconds until the outside of the glass is well frosted.
4
Top with additional pebble ice to form a mound above the rim.
5
Garnish with a generous bouquet of fresh mint leaves and a grating of fresh nutmeg directly over the top.

From the Bartender

Created by Marcovaldo Dionysos at Absinthe Brasserie in San Francisco around 2003, this drink is widely credited with bringing Green Chartreuse into the modern cocktail renaissance. Swizzling rather than shaking is essential - it aerates and chills simultaneously while keeping the drink's vivid green colour intact.

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