Post #752157 by Swanky on Wed, Oct 7, 2015 6:27 AM

I made my own for a bit, and certainly you won't compare home made to bottled and think bottled is better. But I stopped making it and never make it any more. It simply ruins cocktails. These recipes were created using bottled Falernum and substituting your home made will mean usually the drink now tastes like your falernum.

I'm sure you can dial in the recipe with your falernum and make something great, but I prefer to reach for the bottle I know is going to make the recipe the way I expect it and the way it was originated.

That and it is a lot of trouble to do and doen't have a good shelf life, etc.

I use Velvet Falernum, but just got a Bitter Truth because they were out of the other. I'll so how off it is in a bit I guess, or dodge that bullet thanks to this post!