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Very enjoyable, easy to drink. After reading the comments, I tried it two times, both without sugar syrup, and increasing to 1/2 oz the grenadine syrup. I found it better with only light rum (the first time I put a little bit of Smith and Cross). I still found it quite sweet, maybe I would try next time with the right amount of grenadine and sugar syrup (and another time without sugar sirup? And maybe another time...).

Remade this cocktail after a long time and it tasted wonderful again. Using de Kuyper grenadine the first time I found it perfectly colored but with little grenadine taste, so I decided to skip the sugar syrup and instead to use more of this.

An excellent cocktail. For my palate, I found the addition of simple syrup as given in the recipe to perfectly balance the lime juice and my current batch of homemade grenadine. I suspect that in this cocktail the significant variables will be the acidity and sweetness of the limes and grenadine used so I understand why even if two discerning drinkers had similar flavour profiles, they may find the need to alter the simple syrup added.

Exceptional cocktail, definitely try it with other rums, it makes for lovely variations. A Jamaican white took the prize for me.

New batch of homemade grenadine and, like others, 15ml of this and no need for simple syrup. This forces you to revisit the cocktail every time you make grenadine… not an onerous task.

This cocktail hits you with an explosion of flavours and is great, which after making the first one with light gold rum as intended, I decided to make another one with dark rum, which although it work’s pretty well with dark rum, the flavours don’t end up standing out as much, so it’s better to make this as intended with light gold rum, so maybe next time I might try making this with white rum instead of light gold rum and see how that goes

I was served this unforgettable drink across three nights in this hotel in 1986. Today I make a version using three different rums (Havana 7, Havana 3 and Wrays Overproof) I use Nardini Mezzo-e-Mezzo rather than red vermouth and 12.5ml of grenadine rather than 7.5ml of syrup and 7.5ml of grenadine. And don’t hold back on the Angostura Bitters!

Ahh this is a flavour bomb! A little sour, a little sweet. Went a little heavier on the bitters and liked the added aromatics. Not too cloying - the grenadine stays in the background. A summer winner!