Ingredients

  • 2 ozgin
  • ½ ozgreen chartreuse
  • ½ ozlime juice
  • 🍋Lime wheel(garnish)

🔧 Tools

cocktail shakerjiggerstrainercoupe glass

Instructions

  1. Combine gin, green Chartreuse, and fresh lime juice in a cocktail shaker.
  2. Fill with ice and shake vigorously for 10–12 seconds until well chilled.
  3. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  4. Garnish with a lime wheel on the rim.

📜 History

The Green Ghost appears in the 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book (Coronation Edition), the influential compendium published by the United Kingdom Bartenders Guild in London. The recipe is attributed to bartender J.B. Hurrell, and it is one of the earliest documented cocktails to use green Chartreuse as a primary ingredient rather than as a mere accent. In proportions, it closely resembles the Last Word but without maraschino liqueur and with the gin increased to a dominant 2:1 ratio over the Chartreuse. This shifts the flavor profile toward a drier, more gin-forward expression, with the Chartreuse adding herbal depth and the lime providing citrus brightness. The drink was rediscovered alongside the broader Last Word revival of the late 2000s.

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