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Liked this as is. On the sweet side but I think it works.

Bit too much grenadine for our taste so will consider dialling it back a bit next time.

Something almost salty came through in our first. Added 1/4oz Cointreau to the next, took it from about a 5/10 to 7/10 for me. If I try again I'll dial back the added Cointreau a smidge.

We liked the play between the rum and gin, and thought the ratio worked well.

Switched El Dorado 3 yr Demarara Rum for Bacardi. Homemade grenadine, simple syrup, lime super-juice and also added bar spoon of syrup from Luxardo cherries jar as mentioned. It actually was not as sweet as I thought it was going to be. Balanced nicely.

Outstanding. Great cocktail. Not being a fan of Bacardi, we used a rhum agricole, Clement Canne Bleu, as we felt the acricole would blend better with the flavours of the gin. We also followed the advice of one comment and put a spoon of the Maraschino cherry juice in place of the sugar syrup, as we like our drinks a bit sour. It was great.

Very nice. Homemade grenadine, so the colour was a much more diluted orange, but the flavour was not impacted.

I make my own grenadine which isn't quite as sweet as store bought and has some actual Pomegranate flavor. This meant that it didn't quite have the color and sweetness that you would expect. Think next time I'll just do a half ounce of grenadine and no simple.

I added a few drops of citrus bitters after the initial tasting. The cocktail is decent, it went down fast, but I felt the gin was lost and overwhelmed by the rum. I like rum, I like gin, I want to taste both when I drink cocktails that include them.