Heering Cherry Competition - See all 2025 entries
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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.
C-Heering Up
Starting with a favorite Manhattan, which had been upgraded with Cognac and Cointreau, I substituted the Cherry Heering for the Cointreau and added Campari
Winter Cherry Kiss
Glass: cocktail glass ELYSIA - 260 ml PASABAHCE 86983
Chérie it's Xsmas
I only add a drop of cherry syrup because I didn't want to have something too sweet, and I wanted the cherry to be the main star of the cocktail.
Jingle Jungle Kristmas Krampus
The Cherry Herring is the backbone of this cocktail with it's deep fruity and almondy notes making it a perfect ingredient for a tiki style cocktail.
Chocolate Cherry Brûlée
Add all ingredients to cocktail shaker w/ ice .5 oz Heering Cherry Liqueur 1 oz Cognac 1.5 oz Chocolate Liqueur Shake and strain into a chilled coupe
Merry Cherry Christmas, Paloma
We accepted our host's challenge to tweak our previous Herring Cherry competition recipe for our entry. The result is a dusky pink and bitter-sweet
Sentimental Danish Sour
This started as a riff on a Sentimental Gentleman, but I then had the inspiration to remix it as a sour. Ever so glad I did. Went with Stauning's
Crimson Season
Tasting notes: Aroma: ripe cherry, rye spice, hint of almond, bright citrus. It's light, cooling, smashable.
Under the Mistletoe
The rosemary must be dehydrated to get a potent enough smoke to linger in the glass and effect the flavor of the cocktail with each sip. Attempting to
Merry Mezcal Cherry
For me, every Christmas begins with one aroma - deep, cherry-rich and warm. In my home, that scent always led to the table where a pot of dried-fruit compote
Fairytale of Copenhagen
The cocktail is to be enjoyed by nosing it first before drinking, really getting the chestnut aroma integrated with the cocktail.
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
Cherry Cherry Banana 🍒🍒🍌
My entry to the 2025 Cherry Heering cocktail contest is inspired by the flavor combination of cherry and banana, where cherry tones down and prevents banana
Frosty Fire-pit
I wanted to capture the essence of a late winter night, after the fire is out and cold begins to settle in.
Somewhere in my memory
Like a Manhattan with a cherry aftertaste, and some added woody and almond notes. Christmassy!
