Chartreuse Swizzle
The Chartreuse Swizzle is an IBA New Era Drink: 4 ingredients, built in the glass and served in a highball. That makes 129 ml in the glass: a middling measure.
MethodBuilt in the glass
GlassHighball
In the glass129 ml
Strength20.4%
Ingredients
- 45 mlGreen Chartreuse
- 30 mlpineapple juice
- 22.5 mlfresh lime juice
- 15 mlfalernum
Method
- Pour all ingredients into a tall glass, add pebble ice.
- With the help of a swizzle stick (or cocktail spoon) mix vigorously, complete by filling the glass with more pebble ice.
Garnish: Garnish with mint leaves and grated nutmeg.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- It leans dry: 1.8 out of 10 of bitterness, 21st of 186.
- round → sour
- A sour through and through: 13th of 186 for acidity, carried by fresh lime juice.
- light → strong
- 20.4% after dilution: the middle band, 45th of 186.
It is the most bitter of the group around it: 1.8 out of 10.
Five that come close
- Corpse Reviver #2With less bitterness in it and built on gin.
- Mezcal MargaritaRounder and with less bitterness in it.
- South SideRounder and with less bitterness in it.
- Hemingway Special3 degrees lighter and with less bitterness in it.
- New York SourRounder and 3 degrees lighter.
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Recipe source: IBA · checked on 30 October 2026