I didn't have pickle brine so I used 2 dashes of apple cider vinegar, but still: holy crap this drink is amazing. Delecate light flavour, but weirdly also very round and hearty. An absolute joy.

Made a Negroni with Punt e Mes, Galliano Aperitivo and Botanist and wasn't sold. Then read the text about pairing it with bitter chocolate and added a dash of house coffee-chocolate-olive bitters. Became a stellar drink.

I like it. Made it with Clontarf which turned out actually quite mild. Next time I'd go for a Green Spot or Redbreast, because you need a full flavour. The butter biscuit / vanilla note of Irish whisky in combination with the lime tartness is reminiscent of a Key lime pie.

For me, better than the Paper Plane.

I used Haymans Old Tom which is a bit sweeter than London Dry, and I feel that was enough sweetness for me not to need the simple. This really is a beautiful drink.

I really love this recipe for a summer's day drink. The tea shouldn't be overly strong and tannic, but just nice.
Alternatively, I found that the often recommended grated nutmeg doesn't work well for this recipe so it shouldn't be added. If you substitute lemon and simple for an equal amount of lemon sherbet, you get a sweeter softer version of the drink and the nutmeg starts making sense again. But sherbet or no sherbet; this is an awesome, light, contemporary version of this punch.

I would actually go slightly lower than 15ml for the syrup. Otherwise, once it warms up after a few minutes it can lose its balance and become to sweet for my taste.

I'm falling in love with this drink. Much more subtle than the name suggests. The evolution is long and surprising. Made this now with Beefeater and I want to try it both with Roku Gun (yuzu, citrus forward) and Hayman's Old Tom to see how the drink reacts. It's that interesting. Highly recommended.

I was wondering how much the blood orange flavour should be colouring this. Mine was having real trouble fighting its way through the Maraschino - which on its own was playing very nicely with the Bols genever and infinity bottle blended scotch. But the whole thing was flat. I added citric acid, saline solution and a spray of blood orange peel - and it's very delicious, but I have no idea if this is the right flavour profile.