Post #642604 by Hurricane Hayward on Tue, Jul 3, 2012 12:44 AM

You can stop trolling eBay. Thanks to an Atomic Grog reader, we may have a very viable fassionola substitute:

A 50/50 mix of Fee Brothers grenadine and Smucker's Red Raspberry Syrup (left) is very close in color and taste to Jonathan English brand fassionola.

We put it to the test in our Cobra Kiss and Jet Pilot tributes, with excellent results:

http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2011/11/20/mai-kai-cocktail-review-cobra-kiss-is-an-exotic-taste-explosion-guaranteed-to-strike-your-fancy/#fassionola

http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2012/02/07/mai-kai-cocktail-review-jet-pilot-soars-over-its-ancestors-with-flying-colors/#tribute