Excellent drink (Havana Club 3 year rum and homemade grenadine) Maybe I am becoming too used to drinking though; the descriptor above notes this is "a seriously strong drink in flavour and alcohol" and I have to admit I didn't find it that alcoholic. Maybe I over diluted it with a long shake (I like my drinks cold) coupled with the added water (Ice was dry)? I will compare to the 15th edition version which from notes scribbled in the margins, I also very much liked back in 2021 which uses 45ml each of rum and cognac. And next time I try the above recipe I will shake less sans added water. .

Just whipped in up as I put lights on the tree. Very nice blend and being a classic cocktail guy …love it even better. Used standard Bacardi Light Rum. I bet an aged rum might do well also?

Surely this should be called a 'Three Miler'.

Sipping this right now, making me feel all warm but that’ll be because I used the more boozy version from the book, dry enjoyable on a hot summer evening.

Perfect. Great combination with the rum and Cognac. We use Small Hands Foods Grenadine from California which is better than the grenadine we made ourself. It is not full of sugar, as they are trying to replicate pre-prohibition mixers.

I really enjoyed this one, though it pushed the limit on my sweetness tolerance for a cocktail. A very nice combination with a strong alcohol content but yet fairly easy to drink. Will go on my summer rotation.