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Tried it with four roses+cointreau, four roses small batch+cointreau, and four roses small batch+curacao. the 2nd one was surprisingly by far the best, even with Carpano Antica somehow not overwhelming. Lovely vanilla and warming spice. An excellent drink. HOF 9/291

forget the simple syrup, slurp some Luxardo marichano cherry syrup, i did two cherry drizzles.

I’m pleasantly surprised. I confess my pour of the triple sec was slightly heavy, and I have never been much of a sweet vermouth fan. But I had a new bottle of sweet vermouth and this sounded good. I’m not disappointed at all! It was very good and I enjoyed it in one of my antique coupes. I’m going to try it next with Cointreau and anther with Curaçao and see how they compare!

Maker’s Mark needed finishing and I just bought fresh Rosso… Good tip to consider the lemon, my result was slightly too sour and needed a sugar bump to balance. Props also for the orange bitter call - I used Basque 27 orange blossom.

Curious about what the other two cocktails ‘done right’ might have been..?

Gorgeous cocktail. Next time I'll add the drop or two of orange bitters suggested below. Yum.

Just incredible. Was my first drink with sweet red vermouth, and it was truly divine. An appealing sweet and sour palate of orange and lemon finishes with the dark, burnt caramel-like note of the Bourbon. Stunning.

Looking at the ingredients I thought it would be hitting my taste. Overall it was a bit letdown for me. Trying to fix it but still not that good.

Delicious, more-ish, lip-smacking goodness. I found omitting the sugar, but dropping a syrup-coated Luxardo cherry into the glass instead, to be the perfect recipe.