Recent discussions on Difford’s Guide

Loz Horner ’s Avatar Loz Horner
13th February at 18:48
If you are a person who does not love the hassle of egg whites, or has a partner who is peculiar about them, and therefore rarely gets to enjoy the taste of a whisky sour, then this is a treat. Actually I might like it better as the whisky, cognac and bourbon make an excellent throuple.
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
13th February at 17:44
Agreed! I've adopted the equal parts recipe.
Pj Vesey’s Avatar Pj Vesey
13th February at 17:36
Smokey, spicy, well balanced. For me it's a tiny bit too dry, I might add 5ml of agave next time. Really interesting cocktail!
Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
13th February at 14:57
Such a wonderfully sumptuous and yet simple cocktail. As a Cognac variant, we have settled on a base spirit split of 30ml Cognac and 15ml Mezcal (we think that they are a match made in heaven).
Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
13th February at 14:21
We very much prefer commenter Hyland's equal parts recipe offered in the comments section under the Paper Plane. As others have commented, this is too sweet.
Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
13th February at 14:14
Absolutely delicious...thanks for the tip.
Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
13th February at 12:52
We really enjoyed this but did give it a bit of a work over: Havana Club Original and Myers's Original Dark for the rums; no ginger syrup so instead 15ml Giffard Ginger of the Indies liqueur + 5ml triple sec + 5ml sugar syrup; the juice as specified; and 4 drops Bob's Daiquiri Bitters. Maybe a different cocktail...if so, bravo for the inspiration.
Harry’s Avatar Harry
13th February at 10:09
Nothing but rain for the last month... ☀️
13th February at 07:36
Very tasty and refreshing. It's like a fizzy margarita. Not a huge fan of plain margaritas, so I added 1/2 oz of passion fruit liqueur to spice it up. It was a little too sweet, so next time void the agave. Yum!!
13th February at 06:55
Hi Garcia, thanks for pointing this out! I meant to say 22.5, but typo'd it late at night. Going back to edit the recipe today after some testing, so I'll make sure to fix that. Much appreciated, cheers!
Tim Cull’s Avatar Tim Cull
13th February at 05:03
Wow that is really good. Just echoing what everyone else is saying about the nice balance of all the things!
13th February at 05:02
Unexpected, funky and really good tasting
John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
13th February at 04:32
Nice. Yeah I don’t have Tennessee Whisky so that sounds like a nice sub, thanks! I recently enjoyed a Randy Sangaree, which has a similar (ish) thing going on with fruit-spirit counter point.
Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
13th February at 04:09
Hey, check out the Three Blind Mice for anouther fabulous Boulevardier adjacent cocktail. I subbed rye for Tennessee whiskey and the spicy notes were so complementary!
Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
13th February at 03:39
I do and this did not disappoint! Thanks.
Matt’s Avatar Matt
13th February at 00:27
As written I believe it needs salt - I added 4 drops of 20% saline and it helped. Still not exceptional, but the saline helps bring out the flavors.
Matt’s Avatar Matt
13th February at 00:01
Strawberry and Chartreuse is a surprising combo, but it works and the spice of the rye is appropriate. Amazing that the green Chartreuse is the most prominent of the flavors here, although the rye, strawberry and lime all are present in support. A very nice highball.
G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
12th February at 23:45
Byrrh, American Picon (New Liberty), and Triplum. This combo yields a solid 4 stars,
Dr Drink’s Avatar Dr Drink
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.
G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
12th February at 23:26
I've never had Amer Picon or Picon Amer or whatever it is. Today I bought a bottle of 'American Picon' by the New Liberty Distillery in Philly. Used that and The Botanist and Luxardo Triplum (my fave) and the end result was particularly, bitingly bitterly amazing... I've been testing a variety recipes today after stocking up on some things. And this was the mic drop I needed.
G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
12th February at 23:06
That might be the most 'complex' 'grape' flavor I've ever experienced in a cocktail. PF 1840, Byrrh, Sangue Morlacco, Lustau Amontillado... The initial hit wasn't anything remarkable but, wow!, the aftertaste.
Josh Harpoon’s Avatar Josh Harpoon
12th February at 22:15
In this cocktail I used a local made cherry/choc-liqueur. Delicious 👌
Caspian Berggren’s Avatar Caspian Berggren
12th February at 21:38
I honestly don't understand how this is a riff on a Naked&Famous. This is a riff on an Industry Sour through and through. It lacks the herbal complexity of the original Industry Sour, and honestly isn't *as* good, but it's still really damn good. The chartreuse takes more of a backseat to the Fernet in this one, but the saffron and honey notes really smooths things out making it a lot more approachable.

This is probably what I'd make for someone who wanted something interesting, but who also didn't have a shot palate from years of bartending.
Guy Daniels’ Avatar Guy Daniels
12th February at 17:52
I have to say that Bivrost is a first rate aquavit for cocktails (supported by my Norwegian family!) One day i will be quick enough to buy the Christmas special bottling… Seriously good spirit. And they do love their liquorice!