Yes very nice. A little more tart than a standard marg as many below have noted. Quite liked that though.
Very nicely balanced. And what a lovely colour. This old friend can come again.
I would have to agree with Chris on this. Perfectly fine but mainly bourbon and the orange / lemon combo coming through for us. Nothing amazing.
A negroni with a little more fruit going on. Like it.
Excellent. As someone below said, bitter, then sweet, then a lingering strawberry aftertaste. Great stuff. Made with half Hampden Estate HLCF and half Diplomatico as the former is… punchy. Agree the absinthe really adds something.
This gets a rare 5 stars from us. Incredible bitter orange flavours. Absolutely delicious.
Very nice. A whisky sour but a good one. Benefits from angostura generosity I found.
Very good. The allspice and cinnamon really sit well with the bourbon. And the orgeat gives it a nice solidity. Big fans here.
Opinions varied on this one. I rather liked it. Delicate and balanced with the orange lemon and lime in concert with the Aperol. (I used syrup de gomme to get the orange blossom flavour). My wife found it a little too delicate - perhaps I overdid the ice as she complained it ended up watery and she tends to go slower on her cocktails than me. Still - if you like sours this is a very nice summer version.
Made with Hampden Estate which I doubled up to cover both the Jamaican Funk and Pot Still portions. Glorious. The peach comes through as others have said and I can still taste it all 20 minutes after finishing it.
Very nice. The inaugural use of my chartreuse elixir vegetal. I may have gotten carried with away with the number of dashes but it was all the more deliciously zippy for it. Maple syrup used in place of sugar cane syrup, which worked well.
Delicious.
Perfectly decent but didn’t blow our socks off. A smoky ginger Ribena. Not that we’re complaining. It was refreshing and went down fairly quickly.
Excited to be the first to write a review of this. It’s like a Bramble meets an Americano. The cassis is the most dominant flavour but the vermouths are there. The gin is invisible. As a result it doesn’t taste anywhere near as boozy as it is. Not super complex, but I can imagine would go down well for many.
This is interesting. Tequila, pineapple and aniseed and vanilla flavours. Nice and fresh, which seems to be a rarity for a Liqor 43 cocktail. We shall have it again!
This is good. It is tart. But fresh. And there’s a fair bit going on. The banana is just there. Didn’t expect to like it as much as I did.
We did also add a little sugar syrup to be fair.
This is good. It is tart. But fresh. And there’s a fair bit going on. The banana is just there. Didn’t expect to like it as much as I did.
Just bought a bottle of Hampden Estate HFCL - my first ever high ester / Jamaican funk rum, and this was the inaugural use of it. Fabulous. You can really taste the difference in the rum - pineapple, lime and grenadine all there but none dominate. A new world of high ester tiki drinks awaits! Suggestions welcome.,,
I can see why people say this is simple but on a baking hot summer day we rather liked it. Reposado comes through well, grapefruit and aperol blend nicely. Best with a lot of ice in a tall thin Collins.
Now then. We’ve all had terrible pitchers of this from crappy bars and I confess that put me off making it till now. But it’s glorious. Consumed on a hot 4th July in London.
We made this on a hot summer day which I realise is odd but I promised the nice man in The Whisky Exchange it would be the first cocktail I made with my bottle of Pimento Dram. It’s a very nice cocktail. Spice, Bourbon and Bitters nicely balanced. As some have said, it’s more reminiscent of a rum cocktail. We will revisit when the nights get longer.
Enjoyed this. Agree it wasn’t too sweet. Banana and galliano came through but weren’t overpowering.
Very nice. A caipirinha with slightly more going on.
Very nice. We beef up the quantity of orange a little as we really like the orange smokiness.