The Lumière is a modern gin cocktail created by Jen Marshall, beverage director at Brooklyn’s Nitehawk Cinema, Another euqual parts cocktail, it pays homage to the classic Prohibition-era drink the Last Word. The drink
was created as a tribute to the 2011 Oscar-nominated movie Hugo – a Martin Scorcese film set in 1930s Paris. It follows the life of early silent film creator Georges Méliès. It pays tribute to the Lumiere brothers who invented invented the Cinématographe motion picture system and inspired Méliès to become a filmmaker. And to round out it’s inspiration from silent-film days of yore, the color of the cocktail has a pale green tint from the herbacheous Green Chartreus that gives the drink a pale, nearly luminescent color. It’s said that this tone also recalls the mood of early Paris theaters. It’s an elegant floral-herbal riff on the Prohibition-era classic, the Last Word, substituting elderflower liqueur for maraschino
Lumiere
Ingredients
- 3/4 oz Gin
- 3/4 oz Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
- 3/4 oz St-Germain
- 3/4 oz Green Chartreuse
Method
- Place ingredients in shaking tin, add ice, shake for 15 seconds.
- Double-strain into a chilled coupe glass.
- Garnish with lemon twist.
Equipment
- Shaker
- Fine Strainer
- Hawthorne Strainer
- Peeler or Knife