1 oz cognac

1 oz bourbon

1/2 oz Green Chartreuse

1/2 oz vanilla syrup

1/2 oz lemon juice (I used 3/4 oz because when I testing before shaking way too sweet)

Cardamom bitters (I don’t have this but put a shake of cardamom, and wished I had pods instead)

Shake all, pour into chilled coupe.

This is good but I wouldn’t say great. If doing again without the cardamom bitters I would absinthe rinse the glass instead. In fact, I think I would absinthe rinse anyway. And less syrup, though it’s hard to measure smaller than half an ounce.

  • flippinfreebird@lemmy.todayEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    Shut up about green chartreuse! Shut up about green chartreuse!

    I’m just butthurt because I can’t get it.

  • Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world
    2·
    4 days ago

    I’m interested in this one. The bourbon plus vanilla syrup sounds like it might tend sweet?

    I just need to find a way to get chartreuse without taking out a loan.

  • FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee
    2·
    4 days ago

    Cardamom bitters are the best. I put them in lots of drinks, and sometimes just sparkling or tonic water lol

    But yeah, looking at the ingredients the vanilla seems a little out of place. Do you think it would be better with simple syrup?

    • RBWells@lemmy.worldOPM
      2·
      4 days ago

      I might just try it with no sweetener next time, instead of putting more lime. Chartreuse is probably sweet enough to carry it, bourbon and cognac are both kind of sweet but I do think as a mixed base they sound good together.

      And if cardamom bitters are great, maybe that is the missing piece.