Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition

Cherry Ripe Manhattan

The flavour profile of the cocktail is complex and deep, with three different and remarkable waves of flavours: The first is Dry due to presence of Cognac

It's not mulled wine?

Smoky with a cherry fruit back drop Vermouth adds depth and gives length

Cherry Baby

Delish and too good not to share. You could swap for Gingerbread Syrup for Cinnamon Syrup. You could also use chocolate or orange bitters. Cool use for

The Last Heering

A fresh and herbal cocktail that blends the sweet note of the Cherry Heering with the liquorice and herbal notes of Chartreuse. A fresh and slightly dry

Cherry Tree Carol

pine-laced spiced cherry-vanilla limeade

Heeringway Daiquiri

Wintery take on a Hemingway Daiquiri.

Eye of the storm

Fruity and smoky flavours with a chocolate undertone. Best with fresh coconut juice and lightly peated whisky.

Red Comet

Add all ingredients to a mixing tin. Add ice, shake for 5-10 seconds, and then strain into an Old Fashioned glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry on

Merry Cherry aka Feliz Cereza

The recipe's been created for this competition, over couple days at my place. It's a must to use quality tequila that tastes like agave, otherwise the

Out of the Woods

A moreish take on a Black Forest Gateux, perfect for any occasion.

Cherry Bakewell Martini

It's the perfect marriage of cherries and almond!

Black Forest

Notes of jam, fresh berries, butterscotch and desert wine. Almost acts as a desert wine itself! Tip: Eat the chocolate in-between sips, it's part of the

Festive Fling

I could not list them on the Diffords maker, but the use of dates really is essential. That leathery, dried fruit aspect backed by the maraschino and tannin

Naked & Cherry

Inspired by my love of Last Word Rifs, especially the "Naked and Famous". So i thought that the Cherry Herring could replace the Maraschino which

Heering for the Holidays

created myself...inspired by heering flavour profile, and holiday flavours

Awilda Noel

For fans of Old Fashioned and Manhattans but using completely different ingredients. A nice after dinner sipper, if I do say so myself.