2:3:2:8
Grapefruit juice
Lime juice
Maraschino
Aged rum, my preference is Mount Gay from Barbados
Easy recipe to memorize. One of our go-to drinks. Great for parties.
2:3:2:8
Grapefruit juice
Lime juice
Maraschino
Aged rum, my preference is Mount Gay from Barbados
Easy recipe to memorize. One of our go-to drinks. Great for parties.
With both Simon and a number of experienced drinkers rating this highly, I may be sticking my neck out a little by suggesting a small adjustment that worked better for me.
I found the following ratios more balanced:
37.5 ml gin
15 ml Yellow Chartreuse
15 ml Bénédictine
22.5 ml lemon
In this more spirit-forward build, the gin clearly leads. The Chartreuse is present but controlled, while the Bénédictine adds a subtle honeyed background note. The lemon brings brightness without tipping into excess acidity.
Just sharing in case it’s helpful to anyone experimenting with the balance.
I did 1 of each except 1.5 of London dry gin. Too sweet. Tasty but sweet. I thought your ratios would be too citrus but it's probably closer to ideal than what I did.
Koval barreled gin
Campari
Cocchi Americano, because I'm just not enjoying dry vermouth
Italicus
Excellent Negroni riff
1.5 ounces Dow's Fine Tawny Port
1.5 ounces Bulleit Rye
2 ounces Amaro Nonino
I think it would be better with 2 ounces of rye and 1.5 ounces of Nonino.
Very good nonetheless. A 4 of 5.
It's good, not mind blowing.
This was better than expected. I didn't do the saline.
It's basically a perfect Manhattan that's heavy on the vermouth with a hint of orange. My problem is that I hate dry vermouth. I love a perfect Manhattan but this is heavy on the vermouth and the Cointreau can't offset that. I will stick with a traditional Perfect Manhattan.
Try...
1.5 Boodles London Dry Gin
1.0 Italicus instead of Maraschino
1.0 Pages Verte instead of Green Chartreuse
1.0 8-year old blended Scotch
1.0 lemon juice
Next time, I will reduce the lemon juice to 0.5.
I didn't really dig this. I don't seem to really get into dry vermouth.
This is a very good rif on a Manhattan.
My wife and I were not into this. Too sweet. Perhaps with Campari instead.