Another favorite for sure. First sips, crisp and tart, refreshing. Fruity with a nice bitter basement... Doing kitchen stuff...when I got back to it it was rich and strongly flavorful, lost some of it's charm. A couple of cubes brought it back to beautiful. Excellent on ice on a hot summer day!

A good cocktail to introduce people to the joy of Campari!

This is much better than Mainbrace, in my opinion (another gin / pink grapefruit drink). It enhances all of the natural features of the grapefruit - campari for the colour and bitterness, lime for the acid, and syrup for the sweetness.

Campari and grapefruit work together so very well!
Very refreshing. This would be perfect for a summer lunch in the garden. Tagged as 'fruity' and 'summer'.

[Old Acquaintance]

Love this cocktail! As noted above, it's a perfect balance of sweet and sour. I bet this would be amazing carbonated!

Made a double brew in the Boston tins for myself and partner yesterday pre dinner. Outstanding- used Sipsmith and Campari. Cannot improve on perfection, however timing is important. Strain and pour directly into coupes before putting marinaded salmon in oven for 25 minutes- last sip completed and dinner never tasted better...

This is delicious. Bitter, but not overwhelmingly so. The botanicals from the gin come through (I used Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin), and the overall feel is dry and very refreshing.

Had no Amaro the other night and had already squeezed the fruit so tried Bergamot liqueur; made for a much lighter fresher drink which was surprisingly pleasant. So much fun to be had around this basic combination.

A W is right, this is a fabulous cocktail and has become a House favourite. The recipe is robust enough to allow for variation according to availability/taste and experimentation. Love it.

I made this but substituted Leopold Bros. Apertivo for the Campari, which increased the bitter level somewhat (as LBA is quite a bit more bitter and less sweet than Campari, which I'm not particularly a fan of). However, I like bitter elements in food and drink, and this combo, with the sweetness of the sugar syrup, balanced out perfectly! It's a surprisingly multi-layered taste experience, with the bitter, sweet, and sour swirling around each other to create a full-bodied mouth explosion.

I made with a gin aged in bourbon barrels. It really made for an interesting variation. The Smokey bourbon flavor to the gin complimented the bitters and grapefruit wonderfully. Loved it.

This is a great cocktail; I suspect that those who like a Negroni will also like this.

I've made also made this successfully with lemon juice substituted for the lime juice in the recipe (so don't worry if you've only got a lemon).

Any cocktail mixing campari with grapefruit juices is undeniablely tasty. In this cocktail, even the gin's botanicals shine through. I love it.

The Campari and grapefruit enhance each other so well. I would say that depending on the sweetness of the grapefruit, the sugar syrup is hardly needed. Lovely drink!

This cocktail is a fave!!

Shouldn’t this be called the “Old Acquaintance” if it is based on the old friend?
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Wow, this is so well balanced - it's bitter, sweet, tart and fresh. Definitely a new top 5 cocktail for me!