Made it without the sugar syrup and it’s plenty sweet enough for me. I used Leblon cachaca and Daron fine calvados. Very interesting flavours. Fruity and funky. The Leblon is a bit overpowering but the bottle is now finished. The next trial will be with Yaguara cachaca which I suspect might be an even better match for the Daron. Happy tasting.

I added 10 ml of raspberry Sirup instead of the 5ml of the sugar Sirup. Was a nice twist, ultimately a variant on the Jack Rose Cocktail

We found it sweet, and we had put in half of the sugar syrup. I also agreed it needed a punch. So I went to my favorite herbal, absinthe. Added 4 spritzes to the drink. Stirred. One spritz on top. contained the sweetness at bit and added another herbal falvour.

I had high hopes for this one, but it’s somehow a little one dimensional. Needs something, but I haven’t decided what.