John McTague

New York Sour and Brunswick are both great drinks, and both are really good with a ruby port float

Thanks Simon. Sorry, being a bit stupid but do you mean that the original Amer Picon is still available from Belgium, as well as the Bière and Club versions? I've seen contradictory info around e.g. some people saying that the Bière version is the same as the Picon Amer but others disagreeing.

Thank you Simon - just ordered some, hopefully (my Flemish isn't very good!)

Thanks Simon. Sorry, being a bit stupid but do you mean that the original Amer Picon is still available from Belgium, as well as the Bière and Club versions? I've seen contradictory info around e.g. some people saying that the Bière version is the same as the Picon Amer but others disagreeing.

Is the original Amer Picon no longer produced, and replaced by the Biere and Club versions? If so, which is the better one to get for cocktails such as the Brooklyn?

I found this cocktail fairly average, surprisingly. However, the Fino I used had been open for a few days so that might explain it. Also, the colour is nothing like that in the picture here - is that the 'other' London Calling with sloe gin?

I find equal parts is too Suze-heavy, and prefer this 1.5oz gin, 1oz Lillet and 3/4oz Suze.

Prefer this one with lime, but either way it's a great drink.

Really enjoyed this. Reduced the simple syrup by half.

I like all the components, but this didn't work for me. Might try with slightly less mezcal or maybe the same spec but with a little grapefruit or lemon juice.

The second time I made this I doubled the grapefruit to 15ml and increased the egg to 10ml. I might play around with it further, bit better think a splash more grapefruit worked, maybe.

I'm not actually sure what I think of this. The passion fruit syrup was a bit dominant. Will try it again another day and see what I think.

I forgot to add the sugar syrup and it was of course very bitter. Before checking the ingredients I added about 10ml of grenadine and it was really good! Will try the actual recipe next time.

This is a great cocktail but I like some more lime than just a garnish, so add approx 15ml lime juice. I used gosling's as the dark rum as that's what I had.

This is delicious. Possibly a little too sweet for me, might experiment with more lime, or try adding some lemon instead of / as well as.

I really liked this but found it too sweet. I think I'd reduce the agave syrup next time, especially as there is sorbet shaken in the drink as well as used as a garnish!

I wasn't sure that I'd like this, but it really works. Not easy to describe, almost sweet and sour but still balanced. Did 1.5 the volume of all ingredients so it wasn't quite so tiny.

I have made this version once like this and once with a splash of pineapple juice. Is it intentionally left out here? This is a nice drink but very different from the Difford or Dale DeGroff versions and I think a small amount of pineapple juice improves it.

An interesting drink and very nice. Tastes like medicinal honey and the anise flavour gradually comes through.

Will this be a good subsistute for cherry heering, or are they quite different despite now both being produced by Dr Kuyper?

Thanks Simon. I'll probably just get a bottle of cherry heering then - I don't need two bottles! Was just wondering if there was much difference as both are now De Kuyper products.

Will this be a good subsistute for cherry heering, or are they quite different despite now both being produced by Dr Kuyper?