With home made grenadine (and Gordon's London Dry) this came out very slightly pinkish at best. Although my grenadine is not a vivid as commercial syrup there is only 15/110 ml of red ingredients here so I think there is a mistake with the picture. That said, the drink was lovely: light, creamy, mild gin. The 5 & 5 scores are bang on. Will certainly be having this one again.
Backing up everything said here, including the picture/color issue!
I love this negroni-martini (magroni? negrini?). People have described it well in the comments. All four elements of the drink come through nicely—with the Cointreau in a more supportive “glue” role.
I used the 3:1:1:1 original ratio, and found it balanced—Difford’s 2:1:1:1 I imagine offers an alternative that pulls back the bite (which might be a welcome mod for some!) If I wanted it less boozy, I’d prefer that to the option of putting it on the rocks… which runs the risk of thinning it out.
