Maraschino Liqueur cocktails
Dry, faintly bitter, and carrying the haunting perfume of cherry pits rather than cherry flesh, maraschino liqueur is a precision tool — the quiet backbone of the Aviation and the Last Word, and a defining note in the elegant Martinez.
9 classic recipes from our canon that use maraschino liqueur — Maraschino Liqueur sits in our liqueurs & fortified shelf.
Last Word
Equal parts gin, Chartreuse, maraschino and lime — herbal, complex and perfectly balanced.
Ingredients
- ◆22 ml gin
- ◆22 ml green chartreuse
- ◆22 ml maraschino liqueur
- ◆22 ml lime juice
Aviation
Gin, maraschino and a whisper of violette — floral, tart and faintly sky-blue.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml gin
- ◆15 ml maraschino liqueur
- ◆5 ml creme de violette
- ◆15 ml lemon juice
Martinez
Gin and sweet vermouth with maraschino and bitters — the missing link to the Martini.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml gin
- ◆45 ml sweet vermouth
- ◆1 bar spoon maraschino liqueur
- ◆2 dashes orange bitters
Hemingway Special
A dry, grapefruit-and-maraschino daiquiri — supposedly the author's preferred, sugarless version.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml white rum
- ◆40 ml grapefruit juice
- ◆15 ml maraschino liqueur
- ◆15 ml lime juice
Illegal
Mezcal and overproof rum with falernum and lime — smoky, tart and built to bite.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml mezcal
- ◆15 ml white rum
- ◆15 ml falernum
- ◆1 bar spoon maraschino liqueur
- ◆22 ml lime juice
- ◆15 ml simple syrup
- ◆few drops egg white
Tuxedo
A dressed-up Martini with maraschino, absinthe and orange bitters — crisp and aromatic.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml gin
- ◆30 ml dry vermouth
- ◆1 bar spoon maraschino liqueur
- ◆1 dash absinthe
- ◆3 dashes orange bitters
Brandy Crusta
A sugar-crusted brandy sour with maraschino and curaçao — the ancestor of the Sidecar.
Ingredients
- ◆52 ml brandy
- ◆7 ml maraschino liqueur
- ◆1 bar spoon triple sec
- ◆15 ml lemon juice
- ◆1 bar spoon simple syrup
- ◆2 dashes aromatic bitters
Mary Pickford
White rum, pineapple, maraschino and a touch of grenadine — a sweet Prohibition-era star.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml white rum
- ◆45 ml pineapple juice
- ◆7 ml maraschino liqueur
- ◆5 ml grenadine
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