I tried it with Wray & Nephew. The flavors are more balanced and I like it better. It's less spicy, no bitterness, less grapefruit, and I get some lovely tropical fruit notes (mainly pineapple).

I looked up the original recipe and went to the trouble of making some absinthe bitters, just scaled down by a quarter. Totally worth the extra effort! I'll keep the extra for when I want to splurge a little or make this for someone else.

I wanted to add that there's a good bit of bitter grapefruit as well in the flavor profile instead of just lime.

I made this with Rum Fire, which made the drink rather spicy and a bit medicinal. I like it, but I want to try this with other overproof Jamaican rums and see what changes.