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Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
Luxardo Maraschino is aged for two years in white Finnish ashwood vats before being put in bottles encased in hand-plaited straw - originally to make transportation...
Paul MATEJCEK
17th October 2024 at 18:45
I plan to look for Luxardo every time I go into a bar, and when I find it, I'll taste it. I saw it in so many recipes that I bought a bottle. I think it's nasty. My wife thinks it's disgusting. So I keep wondering if I might possibly have gotten a bad bottle. But I'm not going to invest in a second one to find out!
15th May at 02:11
Couldn't agree more Paul (and Mrs. Paul). Both times I've sampled it (two separate bottles) it's tasted very artificial and only marginally like cherries. For recipes calling for Maraschino liqueur I've recently been subbing Rossio--a Portugese "licor de ginja"--with good results. It's brandy-based though, so I would love to find a closer alternative but am hesitant to invest in a different Maraschino without first tasting it.
22nd May 2024 at 02:02
I'm a little obsessed with this... Such a unique "spicy" (must be the white Finnish ashwood?) flavor profile...
5th December 2023 at 02:47
tastes like coke haha
28th November 2023 at 05:24
unique flavor profile, i can sip this while watching a movie !
was def. expecting luxardo cherries taste but none the less delightful, should hold it self very well on any cocktail.
was def. expecting luxardo cherries taste but none the less delightful, should hold it self very well on any cocktail.
17th June 2023 at 23:38
Gostaria de saber onde comprar este licor em Portugal. Alguma sugestão?
26th June 2023 at 22:51
Corte Ingles, Garcias, many stores have it.
19th June 2023 at 09:01
Hi Paula, it looks like it is available from Garraferia Soares. Hope that helps.
30th January 2023 at 16:21
I was surprised by the flavor of this. I had expected some variation of standard maraschino cherry that you get from the jars at a grocery store. I don't detect that flavor at all - instead it's lychee that jumps out at me, and perhaps a bit of almond. It's also quite a bit stronger than I would have anticipated.
This isn't something that I'd drink on its own, but I bought it with the intention to use it as a mixer. It adds a noticeable flourish to drinks like Archibald's Last Memory.
This isn't something that I'd drink on its own, but I bought it with the intention to use it as a mixer. It adds a noticeable flourish to drinks like Archibald's Last Memory.
27th December 2022 at 19:17
Absolutely the same here. Tastes anything else but good…. seems to be a mass product with cheapest ingredients.
29th October 2022 at 08:12
I love cherries/almonds and I don’t seem to be able to taste any of the notes suggested, it tastes like a vodka syrup. I bought this elsewhere online. Would I have a “fake” one?