Post #730655 by mikehooker on Fri, Oct 31, 2014 1:47 PM

Hayward: Thanks for sharing your comparisons. It's good to know the red isn't the "wrong" English flavor for the few drinks that call for fassionola as I imagine this bottle will take some time to work through and I wouldn't want to feel obligated to also buy the Gold.

I've tried your Cobra's Kiss and Jet Pilot recipes with it and they are wonderful. If you can, please revisit your Special Reserve Daiquiri tribute and let me know your thoughts. I tried it with both my homemade and the English red and it's not quite how I remember it at the Mai Kai. Wondering if the recipe could use some tweaks or maybe my memory of it is just off.

Palmtreepat: If you decide after trying the English red that you want to make homemade fassionola based on the Smuckers and grenadine recipe, I suggest you do the method I illustrated above. The Smuckers raspberry syrup and Fee Bros grenadine both have HFCS and artificial ingredients. They'll produce a more concentrated flavor than the fresh raspberry and pom juice approach but if your goal is to eliminate bottled syrups you might as well make it as fresh as can be. Unless of course your plan is to recreate the color, flavor and consistency by other means than just using those ingredients, then I'd be very interested to know what you come up with.