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.
Didn’t have a particularly funky rum but it’s still very nice. Balanced, dry, tasty.
Superb. The apricot comes through nicely.
Superb. The apricot comes through. Worth using a really good tequila as that’s there in force too.
I like this very much. The absinthe comes through but doesn’t dominate.
Fool that I am I failed to read the comments and made the same mistake of over-sweetening with 2 to 1. However we still enjoyed it and I shall dial down a little next time.
Loved this. Beautifully balanced and refreshing on a hot day.
Yes a little too maraschino-y for me. Will reduce next time. Good though.
Made for Eurovision. Slightly artificial but in a good way. Like Eurovision.
Okay I can’t believe I’ve never made one of these. Exquisite.
Yep this is banging.
This is, as the rating I have given it proves, exceptional. Especially if you add an extra strawberry.
Very nice. Worth adding a couple of extra raspberries I reckon so they cut through.
Very good. Didn’t have any ginger syrup so used some kings ginger and a little simple syrup. Fruity and smokey and refreshing all at once.
On the list. Works brilliantly. Wine lemon and Campari in perfect balance.
Very good. Hard not to overdo the grenadine (I find that a lot with grenadine) but went easy and the absinthe is peeking through nicely. Summer is here!
Made with passion fruit liqueur and a bit of straight syrup instead. Very nice.
I rather overdid the peach on this but it was still good. Made with the back cupboard bottles at the in laws so an emergency option. Happy I took the chance.
Magnificent. Made with Goslings (which is technically a navy rum I looked it up). Worth every penny second of effort. I just wish we had those tiki mugs.