What’d you put in it? Might I suggest making a perfect manhattan instead? Instead of all sweet vermouth it‘s a mix of sweet and dry along with bitters and a luxardo cherry. A manhattan varient I also like is with Amaro Nonino instead of vermouth.
Sugar (no cubes and no syrup unfortunately, just actual organic Demerara sugar), 3 dashes of Angostura Aromatic Bitters, mixed it together, added bourbon (Woodford reserve), than a twist of orange and a twist of lemon, and a big block of ice.
I had tried this a few days earlier at my buddies, but he only had a very simple orange variety that's not great for zesting... using a good orange for the orange twist yesterday made a lot of difference, but not enough to change the taste profile... not really for me tbh.
I'm willing to try different drinks, the problem is I have to buy everything from scratch... I don't have Vermouth and many other ingredients I could use to try.
But I'll keep having at it. It's why I got the Woodford reserve... I also have 2 old blended scotches I could use for this, guilt free (a 12 year Logan and an old Grant's Family Reserve... neither are great neat so drinks it is)