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This is my favourite cocktail by far. I've ended up using Woodford Reserve for so long now instead of Rye as I once (long ago now) ran out of Rittenhouse (it has not been replaced) that I can no longer imagine having it any other way. I serve it up in a chilled coupe. 4 dashes of Bokers bitters and a tiny amount of absinthe to make a small puddle in my bar spoon. A quarter ounce each of Luxardo Maraschino liqueur and 2:1 simple syrup. I don't bother with gum syrup. I've got a bottle of it but it's at the back of my booze cupboard and I can't be bothered to move everything to get to it. I love the lemon so much I do a couple of peels worth of lemon oil spritzed, and heavily rubbed around the glass and all over my fingers. The peel I put on the rim to be near my nose when I take a sip.