Ingredients

  • 1½ ozGreen Chartreuse
  • 1 ozPineapple juice
  • ¾ ozFresh lime juice
  • ½ ozVelvet falernum
  • 🍋Mint sprig and grated nutmeg(garnish)

🔧 Tools

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Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients to a Collins glass.
  2. Fill with crushed ice and swizzle with a barspoon until the glass frosts.
  3. Top with more crushed ice to create a dome.
  4. Garnish with a mint sprig and grated nutmeg.

📜 History

Marcovaldo Dionysos created the Chartreuse Swizzle at Clock Bar in San Francisco around 2003. The cocktail showcases green Chartreuse in an unexpected context—the swizzle format typically reserved for rum drinks. Dionysos discovered that Chartreuse's 130 botanical ingredients harmonize beautifully with tropical flavors when served long over crushed ice. The falernum and pineapple provide sweetness and fruit, while lime juice and the swizzle technique create refreshment. The mint garnish reinforces the herbaceous quality. The Chartreuse Swizzle has become one of the most beloved modern classics, converting drinkers who thought they didn't like Chartreuse.

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