Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition
Heer's to You
This cocktail is meant to be a flip version of a coquito recipe. Madeira is used in many family recipes for the holidays and rum, madeira, and cherry herring
Heeringway Daiquiri
Wintery take on a Hemingway Daiquiri.
The Herbal Remedy
The drink has a lot of intensity and complexity whilst remaining perfectly balanced. This drink has the cherry flavour on the forefront whilst providing
Sweater Weather
Regardless of whether dry or reverse-dry shaken, use a Hawthorne strainer on final pour to ensure fine and even foam. For best presentation, let the coconut
Cherry sour
Can add more cherry liqueur for a deeper taste, Or adjust cranberry juice to 40 mm to sharpen taste
Saint Sidecar
Sugar sprinkles can be any color and are not needed for the cocktail, they are primarily for looks. Recommend Fee Brothers Black Walnut Bitters.
The Second Christmas
Tasting note - Sweet, Tart, Festive
CC Swirl
For me the gin/vermouth give this cocktail the opportunity to be drunk as an aperitif. However the first version of this was drunk while doing the Christmas
Wiscansin
Since the angostura and absinthe are the same amount, I like to combine them in a dropper bottle to have one less touch.
Sonder
. When I think of Christmas, I think of my late grandad, I think of him digging through a box of heroes chocolates, I think of him putting a little too
Stocking Stuffer
Shake and strain over ice
Sour Cherry Negroni
I introduced this recipe in early 2019, and since then, it has been proven to be a booming serve in any bar menu I develop. It is a very successful riff
Holiday Heering Aid
I like to use the microplane grater and fully grate the lemon I'm juicing. It makes for a much more lemony cocktail, which is a good thing in my book.
XOXO, Santa
Just a little muddle, just enough to break the cloves and cherry into the bottom of the shaker glass. Double strain is important to get all the clove pieces
Cordial Invitation
Thought about how to best accentuate the mint characteristics in this rye whiskey and wanted to work with cherry heering more. I immediately thought of
Soda Jerk
Add ingredients to a mixing glass. Add ice and strain over big ice cube
