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Greenpoint

A Brooklyn variation trading sweet vermouth for yellow Chartreuse herbaceousness

rye-whiskeyMedium~28% ABV
MethodStirGlassCoupeIcenoneGarnishlemon peel
⚠ Contains: 🍷 Sulfites
Recipe
Serves1
Ingredients
  • 2 ozrye whiskey
  • ½ ozyellow chartreuse
  • ½ ozsweet vermouth
  • 1 dashangostura bitters
  • 1 dashorange bitters
  • lemon peelgarnish
Instructions
  1. 1Combine rye and yellow Chartreuse and sweet vermouth and both bitters in a mixing glass.
  2. 2Add ice and stir until well chilled and diluted.
  3. 3Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  4. 4Express a lemon peel over the drink and drop it in.
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History & Origin

Michael McIlroy created this at Milk and Honey around 2006 as a variation on the Brooklyn cocktail. Named for the Brooklyn neighborhood; it exemplifies how craft bartenders riffed on classics.

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