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Great cocktail. Honestly, it has something to please every palette: a gentle sweet smokiness, cut through with citrus and lingering spicy, herbal notes. Delicious and multi faceted.

Difford's recipe is certainly delicious but a bit sweet. I'm surprised at how much the falernum shone through the bourbon and elderflower. Now I'm really curious about the original recipe. It feels like it's going to be more balanced in some ways, less balanced in others.

This was really tasty and well-balanced; everything combined to create something new as a whole.
Tried with 45 ml 50/50 blend of Wild Turkey 101 & 81 bourbon, 15 ml St-Germain, 10 ml lime juice, 5 ml Velvet Falernum, 7.5 ml Monin Pure Cane sugar syrup, 24 drops Peychaud's, 10 ml water, & lime zest twist. Shook for 12 seconds and served on the rocks. I'm curious to try the original recipe, to compare, as well as Difford's preference of adding 5 ml of bottled-in-bond rye (once I acquire some).

After reading the reviews, I thought I’d try the original Ninth Ward. The only change I made was to serve it on the rocks (after shaking with ice). It’s a lovely well-balanced cocktail. Almost too sweet, but the lime juice counters it nicely. I’ll be making it again.

Used a high rye bourbon 99 proof plus an extra 5ml of the same. Long shake, served on ice. Excellent.

After reading Difford's recipe & Brother Cleve's, I chose some ratios for this cocktail based on my tinkering with other drinks where I liked the ingredients but knew it was going to be too sweet for me. I used 1.5 Elijah Craig Bourbon .25 Rittenhouse rye .5 St. Germain Elderflower liqueur .5 John D. Taylor's Velvet Falernum .5 Lime juice & 2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters served up in a coupe. I'll reduce the Falernum to 1/3oz next time. The suggestion of Rye by Simon made this one to make again.

Tried this on the rocks - it’s good, but definitely needs to be iced or very well chilled, otherwise it would be too sweet.

We enjoyed this cocktail! A bit sweet for me. Next time I will leave out the simple. But overall, well balanced and tasty. I think this would be a good introduction drink for someone not sure about bourbon.

Very good cocktail. Well balanced and just the right amount of sweetness. Does like a long shake and a cold glass. Bourbon comes through nicely.

What a delicious cocktail! However, I’d agree that it would go well on the rocks.

This is a great cocktail! Especially for fat Tuesday

Like the elderberry add! made it with the rye addition and that Lil spice adds depth IMO

A very interesting, delicious drink. Played around a bit with the proportions, based on comments below and reviewing other online recipes, including “-Brother Cleve’s” version (although he uses Falernum syrup and not Velvet Falernum), and settled after a mini-tasting on yours, but for upping the St. Germain to .5 ounces. Now, I believe it’s perfectly balanced to my wife’s and my taste. I think it helps to use a slightly more rye-forward and less sweet bourbon in the mix. Thanks again Simon!

Tom cat gin substitutes for the bourbon quite nicely in this cocktail.

I think I got the balance of Lime juice wrong on this one. Or maybe not enough Falernum. Question: can I substitute Falernum syrup for the liqueur and get similar result?