Bijou

Bijou

  • Type
    Cocktail
  • Primary alcohol by volume
    Gin
  • Served
    Straight up
  • Standard drinkware
    Cocktail glass
  • Commonly used ingredients
    1 part gin
    1 part green chartreuse
    1 part sweet vermouth
    Dash orange bitters
  • Preparation
    Stir in mixing glass with ice and strain

A bijou is a mixed alcoholic drink composed of gin, vermouth, and chartreuse.

This cocktail was invented by Harry Johnson, “the father of professional bartending”, who called it bijou because it combined the colors of three jewels: gin for diamond, vermouth for ruby, and chartreuse for emerald.

An original-style bijou is made stirred with ice as Johnson’s 1900 New and Improved Bartender Manual states “mix well with a spoon and serve.”

References
Bijou (cocktail)

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