Chartreuse Swizzle
Green Chartreuse, pineapple, lime and falernum swizzled over crushed ice: the modern tiki classic from San Francisco.
Marcovaldo Dionysos built the Chartreuse Swizzle for a Chartreuse-sponsored cocktail competition in San Francisco in 2003 and won with it. Green Chartreuse is the base rather than a modifier, held together by pineapple, lime and falernum — the same scaffolding a tiki drink would use, which is why it is usually filed with modern tiki. Swizzling with crushed ice chills and dilutes it at the same time, and the glass should frost before it is served.
- It became a standard on tiki and modern-classic menus, and one of the few drinks that treats a liqueur as a full base spirit.
- Chartreuse Swizzle with yellow Chartreuse
- Chartreuse Swizzle with a float of aged rum
“Falernum supplies the clove-and-almond note that keeps the drink from reading as pure pineapple juice.”
Ingredients
- Green Chartreuse45 ml
- Pineapple juice45 ml
- Lime juice22.5 ml
- Falernum15 ml
- Mint sprigto garnish
Method
Build in a Collins glass over crushed ice, swizzle with a bar spoon until the glass frosts, top with more crushed ice and garnish with mint.
Collins glass · crushed ice · mint