Sebastian C

An enjoyable drink that gives off end-of-year holiday vibes. At least with the gin I used (The Botanist), however, the gin was a bit overpowering, so I added 10ml of Frangelico, which I felt kept with the spirit of the drink but made it a bit less “gin-tense.”

The lemon in lieu of lime definitely changed things up, and, in my opinion, made it even more tasty. The lemon really brings out the banana flavour.

Delicious. Although we thought we secured an overripe enough banana, apparently it was not up to the task so we followed others’ guidance and added 20 ml of banana liqueur total (we had two drinks). Additionally, feeling it might need just a bit something extra, we added to each drink 3 drops of sea salt solution (4 water : 1 sea salt; (first tried 2 then went for one more). Additionally, we didn’t have yellow chartreuse so used Genepy le Chamois.

Great drink (with Cynar it’s hard to do wrong). If you have Gin-sceptic friends who “ride or die” whiskey, something we attempted was akin to doing a flavor overload by using Sipsmith Lemon Drizzle and Antica Formula vermouth. Logically, it makes no sense to have 3 flavour-heavy spirits engaging in a Battle Royale, but we channeled our inner Ghostbusters, “reversed the stream,” and were pleasantly surprised by the result.