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Bijou (dry)

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1 ds Orange bitters
1 Maraschino cherry
Instructions

Stir, strain, straight up, cocktail glass, garnish.

Notes

See Bijou for historic 1:1:1 ratio

History

Bijou means "jewel" in French. Bijou combines the colors of three jewels: gin for diamond, vermouth for ruby, and chartreuse for emerald.

This variation is somewhat less sweet with reduced chartreuse and sweet vermouth.

Cocktail summary
Posted by Dan on
Created by
Variation. The first reference to original is Harry Johnson's Bartender's Manual, 1900
Year
1900
Is an
altered recipe
Reference

https://web.archive.org/web/20110315145408/http://www.cocktaildb.com/re…

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  • I usually think these classics are too sweet, but this version holds up and the chartreuse is tamed pretty well. — ★★★★★
  • Upped chartreuse and vermouth to 3/4.
  • Just a few dashes of maraschino
  • 2:1:1, one ice cube
  • 2:1:1, 2 dashes orange bitter, Sam Ross
  • 11/12/13
  • Made with Plymouth and Carpano Antica. It is indeed dry.
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Comments
yarm commented on 9/20/2022:

The "history" for several drinks on Wikipedia were altered by a rapscallion of a bartender working at Drink who changed the Sidecar to Sam "Suck It" Treadway, the Sazerac to John D. Gertsen, and the Bijou to Ezra Star plus a few others. The damage leaked into such reputable sites as Tales of the Cocktail and someone even dressed up as John D. Gertsen to act out the creation of the Sazerac.

ovractiv commented on 7/09/2023:

Anyone else wonder about the 1oz maraschino cherry? Assuming that’s just one cherry, right?

Craig E commented on 7/15/2023:

Yes, that must've been a "units" error. Fixed, thanks.

Shawn C commented on 2/17/2025:

Curated to remove erroneous creator information that snuck in from vandalized Wikipedia page. Tightened description, fixed year and source for unaltered original. Replaced defunct dry recipe source link with web archive link.