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It was my second cocktail of the evening - on a "school night" - so I decided to make a half portion. Slightly tipsy and a bit tired I got into a "right muddle"! Added the ginger liquor twice so had to compensate with the other ingredients
Ended up adding bits of this and that until I had an enormous - but delicious - cocktail! Might have to bunk off tomorrow 😜

I expected to kinda like this but not necessarily love it. I was wrong. I LOVE IT.

I went ever so slightly lighter than suggested with the ginger and I think that was a good bet.

Very good. Went slightly too big on the ginger having misread the ingredients but it mattered not. In fact if you like strong ginger in your chocolate I can recommend it.

The wash of maraschino works perfectly with the ginger, nice pop of chocolate on the swallow. Cognac dominates the front but nothing wrong with that. Thought it good but not amazing at first, once it warmed a little it was much improved.

I enjoyed this very much, a nicely balanced sipper……….very spiced when eating the crystallised ginger. Yum.

The combination of ginger and chocolate is really nice. Certainly a combination that should be used more often in cocktails.

I tipped the (slightly generous) rinse of maraschino into the drink. It's a very tasty beverage, I was suspicious at the lack of sour but it really doesn't need it. it's very nicely balanced albeit a bit sweeter than I'd usually go for (but see note above that is the likely cause). Now I need to buy more cognac as I made this to use up a bottle.

Did this recipe change? I have no memory of adding maraschino as a wash a few years ago! At any rate, delicious.

What an excellent evening sipper. I would have never thought to put all of these ingredients together, but they blend so perfectly. The cognac adds the base and the rest enhance with their own flavours.

Adds a nice “roundness” to the natural flavors of a quality cognac with subtle notes of ginger. Good evening sipper.

Not bad. I added a couple of drops of chocolate bitters. I served it in an old fashioned glass per the instructions (despite the picture). The cherry note balances the sweetness well. A good sipper- can’t decide if it’s a before or after dinner drink.