i had a drink last night that surprisingly enjoyable. makers, maple syrup (the real kind), and lemon juice. typically i slap people in the face for drinking makers. when people say "makers is os smooth" what they mean is it has zero spice to it, and that's bc it has no rye in its mash. it's like the flavored vodka of bourbons: sexy bottle, bland enough for teenage girls to drink. so at first i thought mixing it with syrup would be godawful--way too sweet. but it was just a touch of syrup, and bc it was real maple syrup, it added more maple than sweetness, and the lemon juice balanced the slight sweetness very well. i also had a mean grog made with capt morgan, powdered sugar, lemon juice, and some kind of tea.