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Balanced sweet and sour with bourbon to the fore. Some, including my hero David Embury, stipulate making this cocktail with a straight rye whiskey. However...
andy gilbert
20th August 2023 at 07:01
This was very nice but I’m not convinced on Grenadine for 2 reasons. One it’s quite sweet and perhaps needs even less volume. Second it doesn’t give the same colour that the picture shows - I cannot see how any mix of Grenadine would give an Amber colour.
20th August 2023 at 08:49
I made the cocktail photographed above cocktail on 14th August 2023, and I can assure you it had 5ml (1/6oz) of grenadine. I use the exact recipe when making cocktails for Dan to photograph - this is my last chance to recheck the recipe before uploading to the site.