Green Pheasant

Name: Green Pheasant
Ingredients: 1 oz Suntory Toki Japanese Whisky; 1 oz Suntory Roku Gin; 1/2 oz Green Chartreuse; 1/2 oz Suze; 1 oz Pineapple Juice; 1/2 oz Lime Juice; 1/2 oz Green Tea Syrup

By Mike Vander Horn

Submitted on: August 18, 2022

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Inspiration springs from many places for me, chief among them fun connections I can make with names. While waiting for my morning coffee, I was looking at my liquor shelf and saw my Suntory Toki and thought “Japanese Whiskey Jungle Bird!” So I googled the national bird of Japan and got, uhh, the Green Pheasant? Cool cool cool, but I couldn’t make a red drink could I? Nope, so we leaned as green as possible while bringing in my darling color bully Suze for the bitter. This cocktail packs a subtle...

Ingredients

1 oz
Suntory Toki Japanese Whisky

1 oz
Suntory Roku Gin

1/2 oz
Green Chartreuse

1/2 oz
Suze

1 oz
Pineapple Juice

1/2 oz
Lime Juice

1/2 oz
Green Tea Syrup

Instructions

Garnish

Pineapple Fronds

Build

Shake & Double Strain

Glass

Old Fashioned/Rocks

Estimated strength

About 17% ABV (estimate)

By Mike Vander Horn

Mixologist

I hope to see my creations out in the wild!

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Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice and shake well. Double strain into a rocks glass over a large clear cube. Garnish with pineapple fronds.

Editor's Note

A Jungle Bird riff that swaps rum for a split base of Japanese whisky and gin. Suze and Green Chartreuse bring a complex, bitter herbal backbone against the tropical fruit.

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14 October 2026

This is such a creative and well-thought-out riff on a Jungle Bird! Do you happen to have the recipe for your green tea syrup so others can try making it at home?