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Looks similar to the “Irish Rose” which I like a lot.

• 60ml blended scotch
• 15ml lemon or lime juice
• 10ml simple syrup
• 7.5ml grenadine
• 15ml soda water

Add everything except the soda water, shake+double strain, add the soda water.

And my wife loves smokey drinks so it’s way up high on her list as well.

Adding a small update based on this: Maybe she’ll like a Homely Smoke.

I’ll try diluting more

The recipe mentions “a few dashes” of water but I usually go higher using ~10ml for mine, maybe try something like this?

I probably won’t use sugar cubes moving forward (simple syrup instead).

Yeah, making the angostura-saturated sugar is a fun thing to do a couple times, but syrup is way faster and more practical. I use ~5ml when making mine.

The Teresa was a great suggestion for me! Crazy how close it is to a Negroni even though it kinda comes from a different direction

This is a problem I feel with Campari drinks - its flavor is very overpowering so at least for my tastes most drinks using it end up a bit similar.

Speaking of which, I remembered another one of these - the Americano is a “lighter” Negroni with less booze. I recommend adding way more than “a few dashes” of Soda Water though, I tend to go with 30ml or each ingredient in mine, pretty much like a traditional Negroni.

I definitely recommend a second try at an Old Fashioned, our tastes seem to have quite a bit of overlap and it’s by far the drink I make the most - just start with the the IBA recipe since most you find around the web add way too much sugar. Also, you may want to test different types of whisky, I prefer mine with Scotch instead of Bourbon, and I also suggest adding a couple drops of Orange Bitters if you have them.

Since you mentioned Sazerac I imagine you already have some Absinthe, so maybe try a Monkey Gland? It’s by far my favorite Gin drink, the balance between sweet (from the Grenadine) and sour/herbal (from the Absinthe) is fantastic.

A friend of mine who is a huge fan of Negroni also loves the Teresa. It’s an interesting one to taste since it feels very sweet at first due to the Cassis… but then the Campari hits and overpowers that with its sour flavor.