I adore this spec with Bombay Sapphire, but find it a little bitter with Empress 1908. For those of you going for that iconic purple with the 1908, I might add a barspoon of simple syrup.
I made this with a shitty blended scotch (Mash Cut), no peated scotch, and Dolin sweet and I swear to god the aftertaste was Kielbasa. I probably won't make this again unless I have much higher quality ingredients.
I've made this once with homemade ginger liquor and 1:1 honey syrup (excellent), and once with domaine de canton and 3:1 honey syrup (good but quite sweet). I will probably try 1/3 oz 3:1 honey syrup, or a less sweet ginger liqueur on the next go around.
Substituted genepi for the absinthe since I didn't have any and things ended up a little sweet.
Very strong tequila flavour but with sumptuous creamy mouthfeel. I would perhaps reduce the tequila a bit and find something to up the fruitiness, perhaps another fruit based liqueur perhaps? But that would be a different cocktail by then of coarse.
I went with 1.5 oz tequila and really enjoyed the result. I'm curious what else you were thinking of adding?
Also I really enjoyed the cinnamon on top.