Fine & Dandy

Too sweet and the bitters don't work in this for me. I'm not a fan.

This recipe listed presently as "authentic" instead came from a Bartender's Choice phone app that altered the recipe. It isn't supposed to be 2 parts sweet to 1 part sour, but Difford's and others make similar alterations changing it into a sweet drink instead. Savoy's original calls for 1/4 each of Cointreau and lemon juice, 1/2 Plymouth Gin, and one dash of Angostura. The result is not sweet at all and tends toward dry astringency when first served, because the lemon acidity comes through strongly while ice cold, and the sugar is completely muted until the drink warms somewhat. (Might depend somewhat on how much oil is squeezed from the pith when juicing the lemon.)

Edited to list as altered recipe with notes about the original.