Name: Landing Gear
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 30 ml Grand Marnier; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 15 ml Cherry brandy; 2.5 ml Maraschino liqueur

Landing Gear
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
1 oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Heering Cherry Liqueur
¹⁄₁₂ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Spiritous and richly fruity with orange and cherry combining harmoniously with cognac.

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History:

This riff on the classic Burnt Fuselage was created in 2019 by Jason Clapham, Oxford, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Landing Gear contains 221 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
26.47% alc./vol. (26.47° proof)
24.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren

25th May at 17:04

This one was unfortunately a bit too sweet for me. It wasn't necessarily too sweet in the amount of sugar, but rather the cherry liqueur, the Grand Marnier, and the cognac all contributed to a cloying sweetness that's difficult to deal with. I would try maybe 4:2.5:2:1:1.5:0.25 next time just to see how a higher ratio of cognac and vermouth, and slightly less GM, would play with the rest of the ingredients.

Caspian Berggren

25th May at 17:09

Saying that, adding just a dash of saline solution, and some more dry vermouth, helped the cocktail a ton. It doesn't feel as cloying anymore but rather like a standard digestif.

Ruth Harvey

4th April at 15:48

I really liked this cocktail. Saying that, next time I will be adding 1/2 shot of lemon or lime juice.

John CARR

5th April 2024 at 11:47

Definitely on the sweet side. Spirituous, rich and fruity with a slightly bittersweet finish. Added a dash of orange bitters as others, but still rather sweet for me; maybe cut the grand Marnier to 15ml?

Steve Trax

1st February 2024 at 03:45

Added a dash of Regan’s as per others. Top 10

Elisha Alexander

17th October 2023 at 18:09

Needs bitters. Otherwise too sweet. Added Angostura because thats what I have, worked. Yummy.

Leslie

29th July 2023 at 01:07

Pre orange bitters: pretty nice but too sweet
Post orange bitters: pretty wonderful!
Can someone give me an idea how the 1/2tsp of Lux’o contributes at all in the face of all that powerful Cherry Heering?

Nathalie O'Flynn

13th May 2023 at 16:29

Sipping this right now, well one sip left. Took the advice to add a dash of orange bitters too. Let my husband make this one whilst getting ready and we both loved it, 5* for us

Miguel Perales

14th April 2023 at 23:48

The nose on this cocktail is fantastic with cherry being most prevalent. It is on the sweet side upfront but quickly changes mid-palate to a slightly bitter dark fruit flavor and then has a slight bitter-sweet finish.

peter holmes

26th August 2022 at 21:34

I followed the recipe exactly with exception of substituting the Remy Martin for a Cardenal Mendoza Solera Gran Reserva. Unbelievably good, the brandy starts at the beginning then the other ingredients fill in the middle then the raisined brandy finishes off at the end. Fabulous but expensive. Not to be used very often. Anyone suggest any other decent brandies to try with this cocktail?

S BA

18th February 2022 at 23:02

I found it too sweet. Generally, it could be a nice drink. Maybe I’ll add some supasawa next time to keep the appearance and still give it more balance.