Post #718232 by AceExplorer on Mon, May 26, 2014 7:31 AM

I have a bottle of Luxardo maraschino liqueur which I bought for some very specific drink recipes and have found that it imparts a very strange flavor into drinks. I also have a bottle of Heering cherry liqueur which I bought specifically to make Witch Doctors -- I haven't tried subbing it for maraschino, but it may give a much nicer result than maraschino liqueur in those drinks.

I don't have maraschino cherries, so I can't speak to the cherry juice/syrup. The whole maraschino flavor profile may have been considered "exotic" back in the day, so it may be that we're just not used to it. I may have to punish myself here at home by testing the Gold Cup you mentioned. I don't think I'll run out and buy maraschino cherries just to try the Cruzana with the cherry syrup. Or maybe I will. Heh...

Here's a good report I just found from someone on the web about making "good" cherry syrup at home with fresh cherries: http://stirandstrain.com/tag/cruzana/ This sounds interesting, I think I'm going to try this just for kicks.

Let's see if anyone else has some thoughts they can share on this.