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Also good on the rocks

Widow’s kiss, or widow maker?! This is a potent flavour grenade this one… for D Day. Strong, dry, herbal with underlying honeyed sweetness. Thinking of those times today. Strangely I had exactly the right amount of a Avallen left in the bottle. Funny how that happens..!

The way I just tried making this cocktail is 1.5 Pere Magloire VSOP, 1/4 Strega, 1/4 Benedictine, 1/4 Carpano sweet vermouth, 2 dashes Angostura bitters & a luxardo cherry. The sweet vermouth cuts the sugar enough but am going to try 1/3 sweet vermouth and taste how that works.

I love almost all variations of cocktails, but the base spirit+liqueur drinks like an old fashioned & this style are too sugary for me to fully enjoy. Hence, the way I make a Vieux Carré is 1 Rittenhouse Rye, 1 Cognac, 3/4 Carpano Sweet vermouth, 1/4 Benedictine, 2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, stirred & served Up in a coupe with a Lemon twist & Luxardo cherry

Made a riff on this with 1 part calvados, 1/2 genepy, 1/2 strega, and 2 dashes of averna as it was what I had on hands. Lovely

A nice drink but not outstanding. Definitely an after dinner sipper rather than an early evening party starter.

Very nice but a bit small and gone too quickly - I would double the quantities

If you're out of Chartreuse (I hear the monks are too busy praying these days) Liquore Strega makes a lovely if perhaps ironic substitute. God bless the witches.