Personally, I recommend adding 3 dashes of plum bitters. It mellows out the tequila and makes this booze-heavy beverage a much easier drink, and adds even more complexity!

I added a Luxardo cherry and feel like 5ml of Luxardo cherry syrup (in addition to the maraschino liqueur) in place of the sugar syrup would add body and an interesting hue to the drink. Overall, a nicely balanced drink. As also said in Casablanca, “I think this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”

My favorite piece of music to listen to while drinking this is Cage's 4'33".

So good that 4 is just not enough! I'll be sure to fix.

Happy Christmas all. Just tried this, absolutely lovely. Followed the steps but then afterwards read ‘best shaken’. Will definitely try that next time as maybe it could do with a little extra life breathed into it. Favourites….

A delectable Christmas Eve tipple

Why does the Difford's Daiquiri Bitters page say to use 4 drops in a natural daiquiri but this recipe calls for 8?

Made this Christmas Day at the request of my mother… but i subbed the soda water for leftover breakfast fizz…. Memories of the 70s flooding back! The family loved it.

Just had this as our Xmas cocktail. Highly recommended. Everyone is tipsy.

Lovely fresh first drink.
Bright citrus is warmed as the rum comes in.
I chuckled at the instruction for 3.8g of agave.

The Brandy Alexander and The Grasshopper had a baby and wow, it’s a keeper. Less cloying than a standard Grasshopper but still a delicious chocolate minty treat!

As this was listed as a Christmas Eve cocktail, we decided to use Empress Gin from Canada which is coloured by pea flowers which turns from purple to pink in lemon juice. The resulting cocktail had a rose purple hue which was perfect for the season.

This is a great variation on the traditional recipe. A touch of bitterness from the Averna that makes it more complicated and damn enjoyable.

I am not a coffee fan but I loved this drink. I did my own riff to make it less coffee forward by replacing the vodka with whipped vodka and 1/2 ounces of vanilla rum. More sweet so I could drink a gallon or so.

I can confirm that equal parts works great, though I could see how some may find it a touch sweet.

Not well rounded. Tasty but still missing something.

Really tasty! Light citrus and berry notes that go really well with the gin botanicals and the sage. The sage really ties it all together and it's so creamy from the egg white. I'd make this one again!

Simply delightful. Sipping on this Christmas Eve on a hot summer evening in Australia and it was totally worth the labours of crushing ice, juicing a lemon, counting out mint leaves etc…..

Good cocktail for a festive start. I reduced the lemon juice to ¾ oz and used unsweetened pomegranate juice.

Delish! Very moreish (I had to have one more immediately).
Low alcohol too (less than 1 standard drink according to the above).
I had some fresh, tart Granny Smith apple juice, which kept sweetness down (alternatively add a few drops of lemon juice, I reckon).
A wonderful cocktail. 5 stars from me.

Cheers to that! Happy Holidays!

Loved this cocktail. In San Diego, CA, USA we do have a lot of tequila cocktails. This was outstanding with a spicy Mexican dinner. Did add a float of Anejo tequila for a little extra punch. Definitely going on my favourites list.

Didn't end up loving this one. The gin was overwhelmed by the cognac, making it a Sidecar, but with more bottles to fetch. Might try to slice the cognac down to 15ml and see if the gin takes more of an active role because I really like the idea of this cocktail.

The ginger and violet works really darn well. Absolutely one of the best Aviation riffs out there in my mind.