When, as originally, this cocktail is made with Rutte Celery Gin, then celery notes are very obvious in the final cocktail - perhaps more so than in the...
The senility may be kicking in at my age but I'm sure this used to be a 5+ cocktail. Though to achieve that rating one needs to follow the Meyer spec, to the letter. Any other suggestions for the Celery Gin?
It did indeed used to be a 5+ but personally, I'm now following the recipe in the recipe in the "Twentieth Century" link above as seems more of a crowd-pleaser. I'm presently using original Rutte Dry for all but new Rutte Dry (already available in the Netherlands) includes celery leaves in its recipe: "juniper, celery leaf, coriander seed, angelica, hand-peeled orange zest, cardamom; all organic."