Heering Cherry Competition - See all 2025 entries
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Crimson Season
Tasting notes: Aroma: ripe cherry, rye spice, hint of almond, bright citrus. It's light, cooling, smashable.
Cherry on top, cherry on bottom
Created by me for the "Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition" November 2025.
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
Obscura
Taste: sweet, canned cherries, coffee, red fruit, raisins
Fallen Sleigh
Rather than a riff on the summery Paper Plane, this is more of a total re-imagining of it in the magical, wintery world of Christmas. Earthy, warming
Heer's to Us
Brown sugar rosemary syrup recipe: combine 1 cup of light brown sugar and one cup of water in sauce pan. Bring to simmer, add 1/4 cup of fresh rosemary,
Marie Antoinette
This cocktail is best enjoyed with egg white, but can be made with vegan alternatives to fit different tastes and dietary preferences.
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. The
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 refresher
Northern Candlelight
Aroma: Warm orange oils, subtle caraway/anise from Aquavit, soft sherry sweetness. Palate: Cherry sweetness up front; aquavit's savory herbal backbone;
Nose So Bright
Santa's hat with Rudolph's nose. A sweet, fruity drink that is saved from being too cloying by the heavy cream float. This drink only uses "red"
Yuletide Velvet
Highland Park 12yo selected for database match; recipe originally designed specifically for Loch Lomond 12 Year Old.
Cherry Emberline
Inspired by discovering Cherry Heering around Christmas
Santa's Pipe
For the orange swath, it should be around 3/4"x3" or 1"x2" and included in the shake.
Holy cherry
My name is Alex gkountopoulos and for this year's Cherry Heering competition, I wanted to create a drink that doesn't just use this incredible liqueur,
Cherry Pomander
Fresh ginger is a must. We serve over ice so the liqueur-forward drink continues to dilute mildly.
