Name: Grand Stand
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 30 ml Gin; 15 ml Maraschino liqueur; 15 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

1 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Grand Stand contains 188 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
22.57% alc./vol. (45.15° proof)
23 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Joseph Nelson Premium Member 18w

This is very, very Maraschino forward, which surprised me as I use Lazzaroni Maraschino and that tends to be a more subtle Maraschino liqueur. The brandy seemed drowned out amidst the gin and Maraschino, but that could be because I used an E & J VSOP (though I do enjoy it as a budget brandy!). I may try without the sugar syrup next time to see if that increases my enjoyment at all.

Jeremy Harrold 31w

Intriguing. The Maraschino and Lime almost clash but get away with it. I used Burnt Faith English Brandy which is pretty robust (in a good way) and it ended up being a complex drink without either bitters or an amaro in sight!

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 31w

The flavors work surprisingly well together. The Maraschino is quite forward but the gin and cognac does a good job at reigning it in. I think it would work even better if you had a full flavoured gin and cognac just to make them even more noticeable. I don't think the added sugar is required though, or maybe reduce it to a couple of dashes.

Peter Pendergest Premium Member 32w

This is quite delicious. Probably a little more appropriate for a summer evening versus the middle of February, but either way a grand way to start the weekend. All the flavours play well together, no one ingredient overwhelms the others.