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Hate to plug another website's recipe for a drink here, but the Imbibe version was more to my expectations of the drink: 60 ml rye, 22.5 ml rosso, 10 ml Cherry Heering, and I sprayed the glass with absinthe... I did try the above recipe though, first as written, next all rye, and I did prefer the former, fyi... Rittenhouse, Wild Turkey 101, Cocchi di Torino (my liege).

First ½ tried a pure rye version of this cocktail and it was very good. Next time I will try the split version. Iused: 2 teaspoon absinthe, 2 ounces rye whiskey, ¾ ounce sweet vermouth, 2 teaspoons Heering cherry liqueur; Garnish: brandied cherry

Came together beautifully

Possibly one of the very few drinks, that are successfully helping me conditioning myself to tolerating/liking absinthe and anise notes in cocktails aswell as in general; more than a regular Sazerac. What I try to say is... I like!

To reduce the waste of old school absinthe rinsing techniques, I also just spray absinthe from small flacons on top of the cocktail from time to time.

Great evening cocktail. For my taste, I would back off the vermouth, next time, to 1/2 oz.

I love these ingredients, both separately and together, but I found the whiskey aspect to be a little overwhelmed by the vermouth (and that was using BiB rye exclusively, instead of bourbon). I increased the total whiskey to 2.25 oz and that seemed to balance it out more.

Tried this one on a whim and loved it. The vermouth + Heering round out the bourbon + rye in a really nice way, and the absinthe rinse adds just a tinge of an herbal note.