gypsy

1 1/2 oz Gin (Beefeater)
3/4 oz St. Germain (St. Elder)
1/2 oz Lime Juice
1/4 oz Green Chartreuse

Shake with ice and strain into a coupe. Online recipe flashcards include a lime wheel and Difford's Guide includes a lime twist. See the text below for two alternative recipesAfter writing up the Le Tour with Green Chartreuse and elderflower, I realized that I had not made the Gypsy for the blog despite making a lot of these since 2017 when it was on the menu at Our Fathers gin bar in Allston. The recipe was crafted by Dominic Venegas at Bourbon & Branch in San Francisco in 2007, and he described it as "a little homage to the Last Word cocktail." I made it using the recipe from the Our Fathers bar book that also matches Difford's Guide spec; however, after making the Gypsy, I found a set of online recipe flashcards from the Bourbon & Branch circa 2017 that have a more lime- and Chartreuse-forward version:

Gypsy (from Bourbon & Branch recipe cards 2017)
• 1 1/2 oz Gin
• 3/4 oz St. Germain
• 1 oz Lime Juice
• 1/2 oz Green Chartreuse
Shake with ice, strain into a coupe, and garnish with a lime wheel.

That recipe would put it closer in the camp of a Last Word (instead of being lighter, less herbaceous, and more floral) despite lacking the nutty and fruity bass notes of Maraschino; I cannot find evidence if there was a change over time though. Curiously, Kindred Cocktails has the St. Germain company website's version that upped the Green Chartreuse to 1/2 oz from the way I made it. The opposite floral switch would be the Time Traveler at Brick & Mortar that swapped in elderflower for the Chartreuse. Made the way my old bar made and Difford's Guide have the recipe, the Gypsy wandered to the nose with lime, grapefruit, and herbaceous aromas. Next, lime and pear notes on the sip flipped into gin, herbaceous, grapefruit, and floral aromas on the swallow.