Tasted like water.
Instead of the beautiful purple color depicted in the picture, my cocktail turned out to be dirty grayish dark blue. Might have been a problem with my lychee drink which was quite pulpy or then this should need a tad more grenadine.
I used Von Berg 100% Sangaste Winter Rye Malt New Make Spirit for this one, as it was pretty much the only new make I could get my hands on. While it is in itself I think a quite adequate spirit, I’m not sure if rye malt was the thing to go for in this drink. New makes are pretty unknown to me (and unavailable in my country) so feedback on this would be appreciated. I also had to substitute Mole bitters with Fee brothers Aztec Chocolate since it was the closest one available. All in all I think at least my version of this drink left much to be desired, sadly, since this seemed an interesting one.
Shaking with the apple cider inside the shaker is not a problem?
I used Cidre Breton and the result was very good. Despite losing the fizz the taste is still great.
Accidentally dusted my mint sprigs with salt instead of sugar. Turned out not to be bad at all!
I used juice from canned pineapples and frozen mint leaves. Very nice without double straining, small flakes of mint still giving flavor and texture in the drink.
Very nice summer drink for sipping while hanging on your hammock with a nice book and listening to Poulenc.