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George Roggs
28th December 2025 at 16:00
Swapped Vodka for Bokma Oude, and it fixed the whole cocktail. The slightly oily mouth feel, the slightly nutty taste and aftertaste the oude jenever brings are all upgrades to the vodka in my opinion
27th April 2025 at 19:59
PIERRE & GWLADYS
Little less vodka 40ml to the cocktail and 5 ml more of hazelnuss to make it more nutty and less strong
Little less vodka 40ml to the cocktail and 5 ml more of hazelnuss to make it more nutty and less strong
21st March 2025 at 10:28
I used Fino Sherry instead of Dry Vermouth and this resulted in a dryer, even more delicious cocktail.
21st February 2025 at 01:19
It stays truer to its roots than many "martinis", which is a good thing. I can't put my finger on it but despite feeling like it doesn't have anything special going on I want another.
17th November 2024 at 16:20
Delicious and indeed very boozy!
14th December 2022 at 05:19
You might consider serving this to someone who has little affinity for sweet cocktails and another with none for dry in the same round. If someone handed this to me as their twist on a Vesper I might find Mr. Bond's drink to be lacking a bit of something thereafter.
23rd October 2022 at 01:50
Substituted macadamia nut liqueur for the hazelnut liqueur quite successfully!
10th June 2022 at 23:50
For my Wife, pure girly petrol. When she's drinking this I will not mention chocolate cake or anything else chocolate. Had to be very careful with the amount of frangelico or it would be too much. I wonder how this would work if whipped up with hazelnut yoghurt or just normal greek yoghurt, as a dessert of course.
9th January 2022 at 03:41
This is a perfect after dinner drink. All the falvours work together well. Only issue is that they do drink easily, so you have to remember to just sip. Went wonderfully with a piece of chocolate angel food cake.
2nd January 2022 at 11:30
Tried the updated recipe… beautifully balanced… but deadly!
21st September 2020 at 14:22
Has anyone tried this cocktail before? What are your reviews?
27th December 2021 at 19:20
I've just tried - the first time in 15+ years, and updated recipe. It's bot nutty and tasty!
Anonymous
24th December 2021 at 09:53
We found it too strong and so reduced the vodka to 45ml, balancing it (for our taste) and making more of the hazelnut and cacao.