Monte Cassino
Recipe:
- 25ml rye whiskey
- 25ml Bénédictine D.O.M.
- 25ml Chartreuse M.O.F. (originally: Jaune)
- 25ml fresh lemon juice
Shake everything on ice until sufficiently chilled, fine strain into a prechilled cocktail glass, garnish with a lemon zest.
A typical Last Word twist as you can find it often. One of what feels like 100 out there, in the vastness of the bars, let alone the internet. But one of the better ones. In the original with Chartreuse Jaune slightly on the sweet side, I can very much recommend switching to the divine Chartreuse M.O.F. or otherwise increasing the rye slightly in relation to the other ingredients, even if it then destroys the beautiful mathematical symmetry of the "equal parts" drink.
Spicy, herbal and yet round and savoury, just as a Last Word should be, slightly sweeter in proportion than the original classic drink, but I like it.
Source: Damon Dyer, Louis 649, NYC, 2010 (Bénédictine 500th Anniversary Competition)
