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I used home-made grenadine, and I'm not sure if it's as sweet as commercial one. In my case, it added some sweetness, but it respected the dryness of vermouth, which I loved. So I don't think I'll ever use white vermouth instead. My rum was St Teresa, nothing to write home about.
Good after dinner cocktail. I used Kraken, which probably lacks the required cacao/coffee profile, so I put 2 extra dashes of chocolate bitters. In any case, Campari takes the lead, followed by the bitters, and then the Amaro.