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Hunter
A spirit-forward, bourbon-laced, late-night sipper with rich cherry. (Traditionally served straight-up in a coupe, but it's better served over ice.)
Chris Brislawn
23rd July 2023 at 02:23
Made 2 changes. Didn’t understand the tiny amount of maraschino so just went with 3/4 oz (22.5 ml) of cherry liqueur. This was, surprisingly, not too desperately sweet with 1.5 oz Stranahan’s cask strength Rocky Mountain single malt whiskey, but it needed something else. That turned out to be 1 tsp (5 ml) of Italian red bitter liqueur; tried both Campari and Martini & Rossi Speciale Bitter with good results. Was unable to find any other whiskey-cherry liqueur drinks in Difford’s database!
3rd April 2024 at 21:11
great suggestion, thank you!
24th July 2023 at 03:28
I've renamed categories of cherry liqueur to hopefully make it easier to find but all the recipes I've added are under "Cherry (brandy) liqueur"
24th July 2023 at 02:38
Mea culpa. I used Cocktail Finder to pair "Whiskey--all styles" with both "Sour cherry liqueur" and "Cherry liqueur--Bittersweet cherry aperitivo," both of which yielded zero hits, which greatly surprised me. I apparently missed the "Cherry brandy liqueur" option, however, which is where all the recipes are. Anyway, two thumbs up here for the Hunter, esp. with a tad of bitter liqueur.
23rd July 2023 at 08:15
Hi Chris, if you're open to other types of whiskey, our Cocktail Finder brings up 85 cocktails with whisk(e)y (all kinds) and cherry brandy liqueur.