Last Word (cocktail) the cocktail contains no ice and is served "straight up". The cocktail has a pale greenish color, primarily due to the Chartreuse. Audrey Saunders of the Pegu Bar in New York City considers it one of her bar's best cocktails and describes its taste as follows: The taste may also vary slightly depending on the brand of gin being used. The original cocktail at the Detroit Athletic Club during the prohibition era used bathtub gin, and even today the club is using its own recreation of "prohibition era bathtub gin" (vodka, spices, herbs, citrus) for it. Some variations of the
Cocktail umbrella exist. They can be used as toothpicks and may have been used as hat decorations in the past. It is also possible to use them as hair decorations and place cards to tell people where to sit at a hosted event. Drinks That Commonly use a Cocktail Umbrella: •Lava Lava •Hawaiian Margarita •Haupia •Lava Pit •Piña Colada •Kona Coffee-Tini •Mac Nut Martini •Mai Tai •Clipper-Tini Other Uses: Though the most common use for the cocktail umbrella is as a garnish in drinks there are many other uses people have found. As a decoration piece people have used the umbrellas to