Heering Cherry Competition - See all 2025 entries

Bonded harmony

An obsession with the remembering the Maine as well as the obsession with Asian ingredients has taken the ethos of the cocktail and leaning more into the

Silent Solstice

For the best flavor contrasts in this drink, choose a bourbon with cherry notes, such as the Old Forester 1910.

Rudolph's Nose

This is inspired by the flavours of our traditional family Christmas cake, fat glossy cherries, orange peel, and some warming spices. Fruity sweet raisin

Eller

Shake all ingredients with ice and fine strain over ice.

Dark & Christmassy

Be a bit of a sweet tooth and have a sip before you stir for a hit of the spirits together. You can tell we make this for ourselves quite a bit!

Blitzen Flip

I wanted to showcase how suited Heering Cherry Liqueur is to a family of cocktails traditionally enjoyed at Christmastime, the flip. Cherries and other

Ruby Branch

For me, Christmas has always been about the taste of cherry liqueur, oranges and cinnamon. And when I lived abroad, it also became about ham with rosemary.

Angels We Have Heard on Rye

The Heering brings some floral, clove and fennel out of the Fernet. Some nice chocolate spice (and maybe fenugreek?) from the bitters adds some interesting

Cinnamon Fireplace

You can choose any dark, complex, flavorful, sweet rum instead of El Dorado 15, and as for the Bacardi Carta Blanca, any light white rum.

Northern Candlelight

Aroma: Warm orange oils, subtle caraway/anise from Aquavit, soft sherry sweetness. Palate: Cherry sweetness up front; aquavit's savory herbal backbone;

Fruitcake

My father owned a small engineering business and, every year for Christmas, he would give his clients two things: a bottle of 12 Yr Chivas Regal and fruitcake

Cheery Fizz

Combine all ingredients except ginger beer in a tin and shake with ice, then discard ice and dry shake. Pour cocktail into a coupe glass, then top with

Wiseman's Garnet

Imagine the flavours of a Christmas fruit cake - rich cherry, citrus peel, warm spice, and boozy depth

Crimson Twist

Invented a couple of years ago when a friend gifted me a lovely bottle of port as a birthday present, and I realised there was no port cocktail I liked.

The Silent ember night

Christmas is a living time of the year as we spend time with family, eat a load of food and create amazing memories. Using Cherry Heering as a base with

Cherry & Snow

Indulgent, Creamy, hints of Popcorn and Almond with a big punch of Cherry Fruit.