Name: Debbie, Don't
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Reposado tequila; 30 ml Amaro (e.g. Averna); 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Maple syrup

Steve Hotopp 11w

First time trying it I went exactly to spec, all but a nice Anejo subbed in. Quite a discovery! Loved where it put me on the sweet-sour spectrum, and the Averna, as usual, was an agreeable complement.

Gareth Hives Premium Member 14w

Well that was lovely. I’ve accidentally made variations of this when messing around, some of my fav ingredients in this. I dialled up everything by 10 ml but left the maple syrup as it was, absolutely smashing. And my wife Debs (seriously) is not listening to the instruction!

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 19w

Very tasty and elegant. But since we are attempting here to exorcise a spirit (pun intended), we thought something bolder might be required. We substituted Anejo for the Reposado, split the Amaro 22.5ml Averna and 7.5ml Fernet, switched to lime juice (we think that could be nudged up to 25ml, if you wish), substituted Agave for the Maple Syrup and added four drops of Margarita Bitters. Maybe that will put Debbie in her place. Anyway, we hesitated to add garlic to the mix and out of deep admiration and respect for the Christian faith didn't think for a moment of using a crucifix as a garnish.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 19w

We couldn't resist pushing the envelope on this and so, on a second pass, throwing caution to the wind and enlisting the services of the Benedictine and Carthusian monks, we did it as 30ml Anejo Tequila, 25ml Averna, 5ml Fernet, 2.5ml each of Benedictine and Yellow Chartreuse, 10ml Agave Syrup, 25ml lime juice and four drops of Margarita bitters. We hope that Debs will now accept this as the last word (again, pun intended). We're calling it 'The Exorcist'.