I so love the appeal of the licorice flavor, it always reminds me of my childhood. I thought the recipe was a little week, but there is always a place for a good low abv cocktail. It tasted good, but I fortified this with a 1/2 oz of white Cuban Rum. It was also very nice.
I revisited this cocktail and used 1 oz of Jamaican Overproof white rum. I think this was even better with little funk from the Jamaican pot stilled rum! As John Hinojos stated below it really does have a hint of Sarsparilla!