Worked well with Appleton 12 and frederiksdal kirsebær. With that combination I find it almost a little austere for a post-prandial, a little dash of garnish cherry syrup got it just right. Lovely.

Made this after dinner and instinctively boosted the Benedictine, can be a bit unforgiving otherwise. Enjoyable but didn't exactly fly.

My first experiment with a Frankenstein force carbonation system chucked together from homebrew kit. Found the carbonation makes a surprising difference, elevating an already very good beverage. Fun! Definitely found a more sticky rosso (i.e. punt e mes) is appropriate here

I have previously been underwhelmed with this using fresh orange or the blood orange versions. For grins and giggles tried it using a Seville orange cordial I concocted and found it to be preferable - more bracing and herbal which is to my preference. Moreover the extra sugar gives it some smoothness and body as well.