23rd March 2024 at 02:28
This is very banana forward, and it could probably use to be dialed back a bit so it doesn't overwhelm the other flavors.
11th February 2024 at 20:03
+ lime juice
15th February 2024 at 18:59
I've tweaked the recipe to include lime juice, but I've kept it on the sweet side as, in my experience, that's part of this fruity cocktail's appeal.
Anonymous
1st September 2020 at 19:42
Your review on the Banane du Brésil inspired a purchase and an urge to do some experimenting on alternative versions of this one. The vodka cedes the leading part to Damoiseau 5 ans rhum agricole. The obvious working title is “Saint-François”, after a town conveniently situated just south of the Damoiseau distillery on Guadeloupe. A splash of absinthe and Peychaud’s is also at play, and lime juice instead of orange juice. Perhaps a bit Clairin Sajous too — marvellous with the banane.
Anonymous
23rd July 2020 at 06:58
Wow. I never expected to see this one again. I bought one for a girl I liked on the ferry from Stavanger to Newcastle in 1988, on her request. My first attempt at being a gentleman in a bar.
23rd July 2020 at 09:50
Around the same year I first came across this cocktail in Gran Canaria.
Don’t agree about it being too banana forward, it’s a nice background note that melds seamlessly.
What it is, however, is cloyingly sweet, to an absurd degree. There is no conceivable way this could be a 5/10 on the sweet-dry/sour scale! I even made it a second time, figuring I’d absent-mindedly tripled the grenadine or some-such.