Justine Fehley

Serving this on the rocks would probably also be better.

The 5 ml of Branca Menta literally dominates this. There's probably a better drink in here somewhere if you reduce that to 2.5 or 1.25. It's "ok" as is. I used Ransom Old Tom and Martini & Rossi Bitter.

So this is basically a White Lady with a bunch of extra stuff. I don't like those, but thought I'd give this a shot. Way to much orange. Doubling the amount of red bitter turned it from mediocre to decent. Reducing the curaçao and using a spicy gin might improve this. I used Red Door Gin, Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao, and Inferno Bitter. I'll still give it a 4 because my wife thought it was great.

I spiced it up a bit with Dad's Hat Port Cask Finish Rye. Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10 for the peat. Very balanced cocktail.