Jack Gordon

Thoroughly enjoyed this, moreso after dropping the lime to 15ml and using a full 10ml of vanilla syrup. I’ve a sweet tooth, but even so this still let all the tropical notes of the W&N pop, and particularly the chamomile and herbal notes of the the Lustau bianco I used really landed beautifully. Surprisingly complex and a fantastic way to let a good funky rum and a nice herbal bianco vermouth really shine.

My new favourite way to drink mezcal, a real surprise hit. The pineapple tames the bitter aperitivo, which in turn takes the edge off the smoky mezcal. Couldn’t believe how much of the minerality and earthiness of the mezcal still shone through under the high notes of ginger and Aperol. Tasty!

Favourite advocaat centred cocktail I’ve tried to date. Very well balanced. Think I’ll be coming back to it again!

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Instinctively knew I’d want a bigger peach hit so upped that to 15ml but otherwise stuck to the recipe and thought it was spot on. It is sweet but the generous 20ml lemon sorts that out. Think using a bourbon with more rye in the mash bill also plays better for balancing sweetness, as well as pulling together better with the spice of the ginger.

Unusually for me, didn’t have any bananas handy, so replaced the cream with banana milkshake. It pushed that sweet almost artificial banana flavour but I loved that. Was generous with the rum which I think kept the sweetness in check and stopped it tipping into full dessert cocktail territory.

Tried this with a lovely Casamigos blanco, only tweak was increasing the lime juice by about 5ml. Thoroughly enjoyed it, can see why others have flagged the sweetness, but thought for a slightly longer and sweeter marg, this does very nicely indeed.

I swapped out the orange juice for Curaçao as others have mentioned, and it added just enough sweetness and a little bit of depth. I also made my honey syrup with orange blossom honey, added a subtle orangey floral boost which worked fantastically.