Best Friend
Stir, strain, serve.
Just had a weekend in the house of my best friend in south of France.
His wife is Ukranian, and i was surprised (in a good way) to see they got black balsams and Becherovka at home, since i had never tried them.
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I hadn't tried this in several years, just made one. The sweet raisin notes are very prominent, some might say overpowering, so I reworked it a bit by splitting the PX (3/4 oz) with dry oloroso (1/4 oz) to retain the raisin-y, figgy notes but dry it out a bit. I also think it benefits from an expressed orange swath. YMMV.