It's on the sweeter side, but that shouldn't be a surprise with the strength and taste guide and the ingredients.

I loved it though, an easy drink that at first seems simple and fruity but actually has quite a bit going on.

So true about tasting, sweetness, botanicals, sour & fruit. Ingredients were standard so a will become a classic go to for me.

Too sweet for my liking. The grenadine over powers everything. I added 1/2 oz of grapefruit juice and it was still too sweet. I would have chosen lemon juice, but I didn’t want to squeeze a lemon just to try to make it drinkable. It definitely needs some tartness to balance it out.

Maybe I had a weak grenadine, but 2 drops each of saline solution and Chartreuse Elixir gave this cocktail a backbone.

When I saw that the recipe called for both Grendine AND simple syrup, I thought, "Let's just go w/ more Grenadine" as a plus up. In fact, it was a plus down. The recipe as stated is better and will be my way to make a BS from this point forward. :)

Was just as good with Bacardi Black.

The review is true. Made with homemade grenadine and a more robust, fruity Plantation 3 Star white rum. This was delicious. The floral and fruity notes of the ingredients were very pronounced, but ultimately no one ingredient distinctly stands out on its own. My formulation was a little on the boozy side, so I'll try adding an extra 2.5ml of sugar syrup to balance it.

More like a Havana Club Special, where I used Havana Club 3. It was delicious, nevertheless, with generous fruity sweetness, esters of the rum (which is why I don't feel so bad using Bacardi Carta Blanca anyway), and botanicals of the gin. The lime's citrus sourness balances everything.