Just made a penicillin with a splash of banana liqueur - it’s not really perceptible as banana but makes it rounder, fuller.
When I make a paper plane I like double bourbon but also replace some of the Aperol with Campari - less sweet and extra bitter is better.
What small changes do you always make to a standard recipe?
Switching Campari for Aperol, or the other way around, is the main change I do. I like the bitterness of Campari, but my wife usually prefers Aperol, so it is an easy way to make the same cocktail work for the 2 of us!
I also usually bump the lemon/lime quantity a bit, as I rather the cocktail be on the sour side. But it might also be because the citrus we get here are not that great…
Idk that it counts as small changes but if you check my post here in this community, I have been perfecting my own take on the old fashioned. I fell in love with bourbon this year and the first cocktail I really enjoyed with it is the old fashioned. To summarize, I use more cherries than normal and instead of orange peel, I use a lot of lime juice and a whole slice of lime. 🤌 so good!

