Le Mot de La Fin

7⁄8 oz Gin
7⁄8 oz Lemon juice
7⁄8 oz Suze
7⁄8 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1 spg Lavender (garnish)
Instructions

Shake. Strain into chilled coupe. garnish with a Lavender sprig or pinch of lavender petals

Notes

Escot specifies 'Suze Classique' instead of the 'Suze Saveur d'Autrefois' that is availble in the States. A good substitute would be Avèze.

History

"le mot de la fin" is a direct translation of "the last word."

Yields Drink
Year
2013
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Julien Escot
Source reference

Cocktails & Recettes Cultissimes: Suze

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Dan commented on 10/16/2014:

A delightful Last Word variation.

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1 1⁄2 oz Irish whiskey (Fighting 69th)
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3 ds Lemon bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
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Creator
Carl N.
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1⁄2 oz Lime juice
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Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

Notes

You don't want "sherry vinegar." You want 30 Year-Old-Aged Jerez Sherry Vinegar. The brand I prefer is Columela.

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Year
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Authenticity
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Creator
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Desolation

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Instructions

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Instructions

Stir with ice. Strain into coupe. Garnish with expressed citrus peel.

Notes

Curator's note: orange peel garnish will add to the wide variety of orange notes in the amaro. Grapefruit peel garnish (preferably pink/red) will boost the milder gentian notes.

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Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen cocktail glass.

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Instructions

Combine all ingredients except the soda in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into an ice-filled chimney glass. Top with grapefruit soda.

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Year
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Authenticity
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Creator
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168 Hours

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Instructions

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History

168 Hours ago was a magical time.

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Cravan

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon
3⁄4 oz Grapefruit juice
1⁄2 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1⁄4 oz Campari
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and garnish with an orange twist (here, to accent the Campari) or mint (what I did in 2009 with the option of orange twist).

History

For the Mixoloseum's Thursday Drink Night online chat, the theme of the week was Bourbon back in October 2009. I thought about mixing whiskey with grapefruit juice and ended up including flavor pairing ideas from the Hemingway Daiquiri, the Shiver, and a few other drinks. For a drink name, I latched onto Matt Schrage's homage to a Dadaist with his Hugo Ball, and honored a Dadaist that I read about in 4 Dada Suicides, namely Arthur Cravan. Cravan, besides being a bit of a drinker, was best known as a Dada poet, criminal, man of mystery, and professional boxer.

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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Mixoloseum's Thursday Drink Night (weekly Internet chat/drink making series), Boston, MA
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lesliec commented on 8/16/2025:

Arthur sounds an interesting chap, and since we (almost) share a last name I had to try this.
Lacking grapefruit, I used some orange/mango juice in an apple base (inherited from a deceased friend - don't imagine I bought the stuff), which I feel is sufficiently dada to go with the rest. But we liked the result!

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