That's really good!
The cassis and lime combine very well (are they paired elsewhere?) with the tequila quite subtle.
I poured 10ml of dark cacao (clumsy) and it still felt slightly under -choc'd, so at half time I added some chocolate bitt but think I'd go to 15ml next time.
And there will be a next time.

Though I agree the sugar isn’t needed at such volume.

Lovely.

This is a fantastic cocktail, on track to become a new favourite. I made it extra Finnish (because I am currently in Helsinki) by subbing in lingonberry juice for the cranberry, and using my naughty-but-nice Tom of Finland vodka. Also I had Kajo cloudberry liqueur rather than Lapponia, but honestly if you can get your hands on any kind of Lakkalikööri at all you are winning!

Tried this one a couple of times. You really need a bright, fresh, new world Savvy B (I went for an Awatere Valley from New Zealand) to stand up to the ice wine. Lovely tension between the two wines while the gin plays referee.

Absolutely delightful cocktail and your review is concurrent with my impressions of the drink. I did drink it straight up but I think I managed to get good dilution through keeping it on ice for a while after. Beautifully floral. I did however use a combination of Ango and lavender tincture which I premixed.

Not in the UK or anything, but your comment resonated with my impressions of the drink.

I also particularly like the Christmas negroni, and a blackthorn (English). Latter is definitely on the sweeter side but I adore intense berry flavours.

I concur with your opinion on the Sloegroni, especially for something to mix around holiday time.

I've been looking for a good "holiday-time" candidate for this new bottle of Hayman's Sloe Gin and I think I found it. Adding sloe gin as a fourth ingredient in an equal-parts Negroni recipe would only make the Negroni sweeter and heavier, so emphasizing the London dry and lightening the vermouth like this is a smart approach to take. The Hayman's Sloe Gin is particularly nice, and I went with Martini & Rossi Riserva Speciale Bitter to avoid overpowering it with Campari. Lacking a true "rosato vermouth" (of which there don't seem to be very many), I used Ramazzotti Aperitivo Rosato which does a good job of lightening things up. A superior Negroni; 5 stars.

Made with a lightly smokey mezcal. Very nice.

I`ve been a GIN drinker since legal age of 18years young in Buffalo, NY! Of course my first taste came from my Dad back in the 50`s when he would concoct his version of the cheapest gin Martini placed in a cool, chilled coupe glass with an Olive! I followed during my drinking years of Nursing School to add tonic to my Gin! To this day it`s MY drink of choice all year round. Good Gin with a Splash of bottled tonic, NOT GUN TONIC @ bars. Now with a splash of Bitters to really make it Pretty!

Found this way too sweet. Pretty much only tasted liek sugar to me. Added 15ml more bourbon to the finished drink and found it too sweet still.

the egg rounds the flavours out too much for me. i want the cutting edge of the lime and mezcal. was also a little too sweet for my taste. will stick to a margarita in future.

Should've seen the original recipe. Might've been better. Still really good, much sharper version of the Bee's Knees. 100% an aperitif moment cocktail.

As I'm a real fan of both Grand Marnier and Negronis altogether, I tried this one this evening using the exact same measurements as indicated. For me however, it feels as if the original measures (1/3 of each) might have done better for my taste, as I missed the warmth & depth a Negroni usually displays. For my personal taste, this version was was a bit too overwhelmed with the bitter taste of Campari, reigning over the subtle orangy & warm pallet Grand Marnier usually brings. Probably due to the amount of gin that fortifies the bitterness of the Campari.

I changed the measures to 25 ml of London Dry Gin, 25 ml Grand Marnier, 25 ml Campari and added 15 ml MARTINI® Riserva Speciale Rubino which brought more depth and body and accentuated the Grand Marnier.

My conclusion: GM can in fact make for a nice version of Negroni, so thank you for that !

An exceptional complex, zesty, berryish, wintery cocktail.
I even increased the takes of pimento dram and falernum liqueur for an extra bold spicy cocktail, and added 1 dash of spiced cranberry bitters to give it even more complex berryish Christmas-ey profile.
An exceptional parts to put all together.

A good call by Colin Larson to add orange bitters as, for me, they took the overly (for me) sweet edge off this quaffable drink. I also added about 5 ml lemon juice to further counteract the sweetness. Although we are in mid-winter, this is a lovely, summery long "cooler" kind of drink - a season to imagine being in and to look forward to, if the world survives till then!

This is interesting John. My first thought was to rebalance the mezcal-tequila as I prefer lighter smokey notes. However it does indeed lesson if you have the will power to sip more slowly… I do prefer it to the Toreador.

Given the Triple Sec moniker, I was a little worried this was closer to Cointreau than it actually is.
Ferrand is a great Curaçao and a worthy addition to any bar cabinet.

We do a variant of this delicious cocktail that we call a "Grapparita"...substituting 20ml il Moscato di Nonino Grappa for the sherry...but retaining the sherry notes via just 2.5ml of aged dry flor.

Incidentally, we really love the fact that mixologists and bartenders appear to be bringing grappa into the fold of serious cocktail base spirits (technically, maybe it's not a spirit). And makers such as Nonino can take a bow as well, we suppose. Anyway, anywhere there's grappa in a cocktail that's where you'll find us.

Follow up with 4 pillars gin, 15mL homemade Yvette, no sugar syrup, 7.5mL lemon juice was the business.

Made with homemade crème Yvette that a friend gave me for my birthday - a lovely and very delicate aviation. No artificial colour added so the finished colour was more yellowy. I only had strawberries on hand for the garnish but they rather overpowered the Yvette. Botanist gin likewise - will use 4 pillars or similar less juniper next time.