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This is a delightfully simple cocktail and a shockingly excellent sidecar. I found a barspoon of simple syrup brought the drink into perfect balance, personally.
I’ve been looking for something that is really easy to make and really tasty. This fits the bill. Not too sweet and not too boozy. It’s like Goldilocks.
Got snookered by the local lemons on my first attempt and had to do a lot of rebalancing as could barely taste the GM. Cut it to just over half for the second attempt. Dilution however was perfect. Went with Big Rock version which was excellent. ..With the citrus reigned in as appropriate to the supply, the beautiful honeyed notes of the liqueur were really on show. Great drink!
Superb two ingredient cocktail! I now have a new respect for Grand Marinier. Fresh orange aromas, was it the zest, was it the liqueur... tasted great after a Last Word (Difford's version).
This is so funny, we are planning our cocktails for Saturday and had already chosen the Last Word for lunch and came to this cocktail as the evening choice how spooky.