Ingredients
- 1 ozirish whiskey
- ¾ ozgreen chartreuse
- ¾ ozmaraschino liqueur
- ¾ ozfresh lime juice
- 🍋Lime zest twist(garnish)
🔧 Tools
Instructions
- Chill a Nick & Nora glass in the freezer or fill with ice water while you prepare the drink.
- Add the Irish whiskey, green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur, and fresh lime juice to a cocktail shaker.
- Add ice and shake vigorously for 12 to 15 seconds until well chilled.
- Discard the ice from your chilled glass.
- Double strain through a fine mesh strainer into the Nick & Nora glass.
- Express a lime zest twist over the surface of the drink, run the peel around the rim, and place it on the edge of the glass to garnish.
📜 History
The Dublin Minstrel was created by Simon Difford on February 12, 2015, at the Cabinet Room in London, England. It is a riff on the classic Last Word cocktail — a Prohibition-era equal-parts drink of gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur, and lime juice — with Irish whiskey standing in for gin. The drink takes its name from Frank Fogarty, a vaudeville performer billed as "The Dublin Minstrel." Fogarty is referenced in Ted Saucier's 1951 book Bottoms Up as the man who introduced the Last Word cocktail to the Detroit Athletic Club around 1920, making him a pivotal if often overlooked figure in cocktail history. Using Irish whiskey in place of gin softens the botanical sharpness of the original, letting the sweet herbal complexity of the green Chartreuse and the cherry notes of the maraschino come forward, balanced by the bright acidity of fresh lime.