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Lemon juice adds balance to the sweet ginger ale. Brsandy provides the backbone
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Claire Ferry’s Avatar Claire Ferry
3rd June at 18:58
Feels more like an afternoon drink on a hot day. It is June but we're in Belfast and it's not that warm! Tasty but more bright than I was probably looking for. Also ginger beer is not gingery and less sweet than would probably suit.
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John Taylor’s Avatar John Taylor
4th June 2025 at 10:25
Don't shoot me but I substituted GM with Triple-Sec as it was all I had and thick end of a lemon for a wedge (squeezed so a little extra juice and oils). I also got lazy so stirred over two ice cubes - very nice indeed but the melting cubes dilute things quickly - you live and learn...
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John Taylor’s Avatar John Taylor
4th June 2025 at 10:35
I also repeated this with bourbon instead of brandy/cognac - a variation on Kentucky Iced Tea without extra sweetness, lazy reuse of the lemon "wedge" too - and it's also nice, the reduced sweetness allowing a little extra citrus to cut through the mix but just as tasty I think. (Too much so, hard to sip and savour either option trying to beat the meltwater!....)
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Jack Reid’s Avatar Jack Reid
30th August 2022 at 07:23
I can't say this is a great drink, but it is perfectly fine. Suited to a hot summer day I would say. A bit gingery. A bit Cognacery. Evenly balanced sweet vs. sour. It tastes on the gentle side of neutral (but it contains more alcohol than that).
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Claire Ferry’s Avatar Claire Ferry
3rd June at 18:56
I agree, tasty but not amazing. But I can imagine on a hot day you could accidentally drink too much of this! I will try mule versions with sugar syrup and different spirits.
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
30th August 2022 at 20:05
Agreed. Was way too brandy heavy so I have cut this back.
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