Post #771802 by HopeChest on Fri, Jan 6, 2017 11:53 AM

I have not tried the Clement, though I have gone through a couple of bottles of the one from Rhum J.M. and really like it. I believe it's called Sirop J.M. and from what I understand it's not too dissimilar to the Clement. I bought it to make 'Ti Punch but it is excellent to experiment with in other drinks. I am actually using it right now in a drink I'm trying to create instead of simple syrup or honey because of its unique flavour.

While it certainly has those notes of cinnamon and vanilla, it's not a syrup where those flavours are the top-heavy main flavours. If you took half an ounce of cinnamon syrup and half an ounce of vanilla you'd have an ounce of cinnamon-vanilla syrup, which is amazing, but you certainly wouldn't have Sirop de Canne, if you know what I mean. It's more subtle than that and there are other elements / flavours at work in there as well.

I will admit to initially being a bit underwhelmed, in the sense that I was buying something that I was going to use for only one cocktail and, as you said, it's only a simple syrup. However, one happy accident and several experiments later I find it to be a more complex ingredient than I initially sussed it to be. Obviously YMMV.