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A completely fine, tasty, but fairly unexciting raspberry gin sour. Even though it has only coincidental relation (probably) to the Cosmo of nowadays, the orange+raspberry+botanicals *do* kind of give you a cranberry vibe...

The points, as I see it, of this 1934 recipe, are:
1. Gin. Not vodka.
2. Raspberry. Not cranberry.
3. Lemon. Not lime.
1934 is a totally different drink. Similar to say, the history of the Corpse Reviver, different decades and eras in history, made *totally different drinks*. One of the joys of the work Simon Difford has spent many years (17th edition) compiling is the HISTORY of drinks related anything. I understand substitutions, but this is supposed to be a different drink.

This was outstanding. I find the other Cosmopolitans on the sweet side. This was perfect for me liking more sour drinks. I really like that the flavour of the gins comes through the final cocktail. On my favourites.

Recipe different from guide. Too lemon juice in recipe book. Probably better site recipe. I ll try

While this isn't one of my personal favorites, it quickly became the most popular request from my home bar for my fiancee and a few of our friends! Lacking raspberry syrup, I use my homemade grenadine instead, so I must confess I haven't tried the original recipe. The grenadine version is also equally good with lime juice instead of lemon.

This version isn't bad, but has a gin aftertaste that makes it quite distinct from the Difford's Cosmo recipe