Your choice of genever will make or break this fabulous cocktail. My recipe is based on a medium-dry, rounded, and complex genever (e.g. Rutte Old Simon...
Circling back to this six months later, had both a Rutte Old Simon and Old Duff version. Latter much sweeter and ‘Manhattan-like’, added 3ml dry vermouth to balance it, maybe even 5ml could work…
Yeah this version really the business. Fruity bitter-sweet, perfectly balanced by the maltiness of the genever. Wow. Intense and deep, without being overly boozy.
Actually getting thy ODG to Australia was a nightmare and I ended up paying the import duty myself, but of course it’s something pretty special. Only 30ml in this recipe means it will last longer!