Wonderful! I think the Cointreau really is the key to this drink. I wonder how it would taste with a cheaper triple sec? I have to test that, but not tonight. Tonight I am delighted to sip on this. "Tart becomes cleansing" the review says. I second that emotion!
Had some dry vermouth lying about. Wanted to use it for something else than Dry Martinis. Found this recipe and I am now totally converted to using dry vermouth for making Prestiges rather than Dry Martinis. It was that good! Mouth puckering sour, warm spicyness and rum-sweetness, perfectly balanced in every sip.
I always thought that no cognac cocktail could be better than a sidecar. This proved me wrong! Absolut perfect balance of sweet, sour, herbal and fruity.
If you - like me - love absinthe.
If you - like me - love cognac.
This is for you!
Exceptional drink! My wife thought it was the worst.
But she´s no fan of absinthe.
I used 2 whole figs (had to, because they were imported and therefore a bit less aromatic) local harvested honey and 5 ml of homemade grenadine. The result was a very sweet drink, thick with figpulp (even if i doublestrained it) and with a
subtle taste of cognac. Sounds weird, but tasted great!
In the beginning, this was mediocre. As time went by, it was refreshing and really nice. Truly "a long drink".
Like many sours, this is all about the quality of the base spirit. I had bols classic oude. Turned out fantastic!
Another drink that proves that you don´t have to fiddle with a lot of ingridients and fancy procedures to make a stellar drink. Be very picky with the choice of honey for your honey syryp - and everything will turn out just fine. Or better than fine. This i tastier than the ordinary daiquiri. And i still love daiquiris.
Wow! So few ingridients and so many layers of flavour. As G M Genovese says in the comments: "A little bit of Benedictine goes a long way in richly rounding out a spirit". I used Four roses small batch for this drink. Wich is a "bottom shelf bourbon", i guess. But the Benedictine just took it to a new level.