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The quality of your pomegranate (grenadine) syrup will make or break this cocktail. (Perhaps even better with groseille syrup.)
Rob de Santos
17th May at 20:59
Excellent. Agree with John Carr's comment that the grenadine is important. I also used Carpano as the vermouth which I think fit well.
17th May at 00:36
It's good, not mind blowing.
17th March at 23:56
This is pretty incredible.
12th February at 23:43
An excellent cocktail. Tried it yesterday with runamok maple orange and maple aromatic bitters and today with reg ango and orange. Both very good, but I’ll definitely always be using the maple when I have them.
15th June 2025 at 09:53
First try of this. I can see where Simon is going with encouraging use of a homemade syrup. I used Monin pomegranate and added a dash of raw apple cider vinegar. Could imagine a variant with fresh berries also.
18th April 2025 at 02:20
smooth
3rd March 2025 at 20:16
for cockails with added water but "omit if using wet ice" you could also add "...or lower abv ingredients"
16th July 2024 at 03:11
Second time around I had to add a heart to the five stars!
15th June 2025 at 16:19
Agreed. Even better on the second pass. I neglected the additional dilution the first time, but it greatly benefitted from it. Ultimately derived from a Manhattan I suppose, but the delicacy of the aromatics make it almost an “improved Manhattan cocktail” in style. I again went with a couple of mL of apple cider vinegar to freshen up the commercial pomegranate syrup.
15th December 2022 at 23:29
I only had 15% triple sec, so I substituted 40% Cointreau. Delicious nevertheless! This seems very similar to the Dubliner and James Joyce cocktails -- they are all riffs on a Manhattan, but with orange liqueur substituted for some of the vermouth, and perhaps some extra aromatics.
21st November 2022 at 17:42
Very nice. Orange and whiskey work well together. The single dashes of orange and angostura bitters was perfect. I used Pierre Ferrand’s dry Curaçao but it was still sweet enough. The vermouth and grenadine worked well.
2nd January 2022 at 01:25
This is so smooth and a outstanding aperitif. Not too sweet, but you can taste all the different flavours in the cocktail. Great colour. Would do again.