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Switched to a more neutral citrus - lemon, and used a "Peach Rock and Rye," made for an extraordinarily balanced drink. Incredible.

Unpopular opinion, I think, but I like this with honey. My partner prefers with maple syrup. So I make two versions whenever we choose this cocktail. According to a previous comment I should be trying the gold rush instead. It’s in my ‘must try’ list that has gotten way too long but I’ll get there. I feel like a kid in a candy store on this website.

I made this drink twice with Resurgent Straight Bourbon (100 Proof). The second time I upped the bourbon to 60 ml because I like a spirit forward drink, but it's definitely better at the original measure. Sometimes simplicity is good.

Had this cocktail on my list for a long time. and I am really surprised how good it is. I don't feel the necessity to alter anything, although a rum version with a wisely chosen rum (thank you for the remarks John) could be very interesting.

Revisited yet again, this time with High West Campfire and a barspoon of Nonino. Although this was good, and you have to experiment to find new favorites, this is not an improvement on the original.

excellent avec un peu d amer de cerise

Love these original cocktails with a few ingredients. I lived in LA when the Brown Derby restaurant was still in business and had a few of these there. Was not a big drinker then, so I did not pay attention to what was used (Bourbon or Rum)
I am a big rum drinker, so will try again using the original recipe. I think the key to using the rum is to make sure it is not a sugar adulterated rum (which eliminates over 60% of the distillers). Although it has funk, thinking on a dark Jamaican.

Best bourbon drink so far, best 3 ingredient cocktail in recent memory. Damn that is good ! I did use 15ML maple syrup for more tang and WoodFords Reserve Bourbon.