Cherry Marnier

[sadistick]

Living in Toronto, unfortunetly I am unable to get my hands on a bottle of Luxardo Marachino, I am always on the look out for some type of cherry liquor.

I saw a bottle today in Vintages of something called "Marnier Cherry" - Looking to be something made by Grand Marnier...

I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of this, better yet, tried it. As well, if it is comparable to Luxardo, for substitutions.

Thanks,

Justin

[thirtyoneknots]

My understanding is that Cherry Marnier is more like Cherry Heering, ie sweet cherry liqueur, as opposed to [Luxardo] Maraschino which is a dry cherry liqueur also including pits, stems, leaves, etc. The two would not be interchangeable.

-Andy

[gethin]

Living in Toronto, unfortunetly I am unable to get my hands on a bottle of Luxardo Marachino, I am always on the look out for some type of cherry liquor.

I saw a bottle today in Vintages of something called "Marnier Cherry" - Looking to be something made by Grand Marnier...

I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of this, better yet, tried it.  As well, if it is comparable to Luxardo, for substitutions.

Thanks,

Justin

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Cherry Marnier is indeed made by the Grand Marnier people and its rather good ! Its not remotely like Maraschino though. Its an old fashioned cherry brandy , drier and more complex than Heerings. Its made in quite limited quantities and in the UK is often hard to track down.

I was really pleased to find today thar Gerry's (Londons best specialist liquor shop) have just had a new consignement in.

Gethin

[andiesenji]

I noticed a couple of years ago that the name on the bottle was no longer Cherry Heering but had been changed to Peter Heering - with "Cherry Liqueur" in smaller print under the name and more recently just the name Heering with the same cherry liqueur below.

I just found this Danish site. with the newer bottle.

Edited November 17, 2006 by andiesenji (log)