Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition

Cherry All The Way

I wanted to honor the legendary Heering Cherry Liqueur from 1818. To do so, I made the product the forefront of the cocktail. This recipe is all about

Bittersweet Love

The idea was to create a flavor similar to the cherry sauce that inside luxardo cherries.

Merry Cherry Christmas

You don't need to add the egg white as it doesn't adjust the flavour here, so this can be substituted for a vegan alternative like Aquafaba.

The cHEERING

The gin can be increased to create a more forward gin flavor.

God rest Ye cherry gentlemen

Based on the classic last word cocktail, with Heering cherry liqueur replacing the more usual maraschino liqueur. Vodka, and the lighter yellow chartreuse

Holy Aroma

Great cocktail after dinner .

It's not mulled wine?

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

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

Mrs Greaves

Do not substitute the vanilla dusting for extract as it will overpower the drink, as will adding maraschino juice that will also over power the balance

Santa's Merry Helper

Whilst imbibing, make sure to accompany the experience with '(Everybody's Waitin' For ) The Man with the Bag' by Kay Starr

Where Treetops Glisten

My imagination. A variation of a Christmas cocktail I created for my restaurant's seasonal craft cocktail menu.

Gingle Bird

The "Gingle Bird" is a riff on the Jungle Bird substituting my favorite spirit, gin. I thought it would be really fun to combine traditional

Cherry Tree Carol

pine-laced spiced cherry-vanilla limeade

Merry Crisis

Inspired by the flavors of the German cherry marzipan candies from my childhood, kicked up the with a touch of spice and nuttiness from the added Angostura

Eye of the storm

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

Family reunion, spill the tea

For a higher ABV cocktail, substitute hibiscus tea with hibiscus infused rum. I suggest Wray & Nephew.