Excellent holiday drink, despite the strong flavored ingredients nothing is overpowering. Spiced orange and apples with dark molasses and vanilla. Just a hint of the absinthe. Sweet but not cloyingly so. The 15 ml of water is the right dilution, I did not even add a cube to the glass.

Oh that is a cool drink! A lot of flavours and depth. The absinthe is genius, keeping it all afloat with the Calvados. The rums are obviously the body of this concoction, without ever overpowering or dominating the palate. The orange bitters serve as a nice, uplifting accent.

Ditto previous comments. Dilute appropriately and good long stir. Real depth of flavour. I added an extra spritz of orange bitters over the top.

Yep, on the sweet side but really layered with flavors. Worked nice with a smoke generator I use once in a very great while.

I agree with the notes about the sweetness, but anyway, this is absolutely delicious

Very nice cocktail. Tad on the sweeter side, but can taste all the ingredients. yummy

This is a great after dinner drink. It is a bit sweet may cut back on the maple syrup and DOM. Overall very good. Does get better the longer it sits.