What is maraschino?
Maraschino: Clear Italian liqueur distilled from Marasca cherries and their pits. Not the red cherry juice.
- Category
- Liqueur
- Taste
- Funky, floral, almondy. Dry for a liqueur.
- Strength
- 32% ABV
- Similar to
- kirsch with a little sugar
- Also called
- maraschino liqueur, luxardo maraschino
The story
It comes from Zadar, on the Croatian coast, where Girolamo Luxardo started making it in 1821. After World War II the family rebuilt the distillery in Italy, near Padua.