to make a mexican 55 use tequila reposado, lemon juice (freshly squeezed), sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix), angostura or other aromatic bitters,
Back in that glorious time when you could actually drink in pubs, i’d get the staff of Vroni’s to make me a Staunch Negroni - Campari, Lille Blanc and Blood Orange gin.
Years ago after watching a completely unexpected win by Glentoran over Linfield, we got back to the bar and, already half tore, tried to invent a Glentoran cocktail.
Green Chartreuse, Red Bols and Guinness. Green, Red and Black.
Undrinkable, hideously expensive brown sludge, of course.
But five of us necked it. None of us kept it down. We were barred.