04/06/2025
Luxardo Maraschino: One Ingredient That Inspired Cocktails Across the Centuries
Bar Convent Brooklyn
Wednesday, June 11
4:15 PM – 5:00 PM
Liquid Lounge B, Building 5, Second Floor
If you'll be joining us at BCB this time around, be sure to stop by this presentation (complete with original cocktail samples) by Dutch Kills' own Richard Boccato and the Rum Reader's Ben Schaffer.
When cocktails were first conceived in the nineteenth century, it didn't take long for recipes to appear with Maraschino, the ancient liqueur distilled from the Marasca cherries of the Dalmatian coast, and made famous by Luxardo since 1821. Even Jerry Thomas put his mark on the Old Fashioned by adding Maraschino to produce the Improved Whiskey Cocktail. So when the cocktail revival came a few generations later, it was no surprise that talented bartenders focused on Maraschino, rescuing forgotten drinks featuring it and putting it to work in new combinations they imagined. However, it is always a surprise to taste the complexity of what they came up with!
Join award-winning spirits writer Ben Schaffer and legendary bartender Richard Boccato for a discussion of the role of Maraschino in classic drinks, its centrality to the cocktail revival, and how it can add to the creative edge of your own latest recipes. Three iconic cocktails, in new iterations from the mind of Mr. Boccato, will be served.
