Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition

Heering through the grapevine

This Manhattan riff has a split base - rye to complement the cherry flavor and add a bit of spice, and gin, to bring a little bit of herbaceous and juniper

Soda Jerk

Add ingredients to a mixing glass. Add ice and strain over big ice cube

My way

Putting all together the Christmas elements and flavors and turning into a cocktail

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

Christmas Cherry Sour

Created for the cherry herring cocktail contest. Pairs two of my favorite flavors, chocolate and cherry and adds in a nice Demerara rum for a great festive

Spiced Cherry Sour

I just really enjoy cherry and lime flavors together, and wanted the spices of the rum and falernum for more of a holiday taste.

Nochebuena

This cocktail has the taste of an elevated whiskey sour with the hint of cinnamon, cherry and bitterness while being refreshing and a drink suitable to

Cherry Cordial Cocktail

Created for the Cherry Heering cocktail contest. I love the flavor of the cherry cordials you get during the holidays. This cocktail invokes all of those

Two Red Roses & a Cucumber in a Cherry Tree

To further accentuate this cocktail, use any gin that contains lime, rose and/or cucumber as one of its' botanicals. Cucumber slices are cut a 1/4 inch

Stocking Stuffer

The tasting notes are chocolate covered cherries with a vanilla burst.

Bauble

Bright and vibrant pear and cherry, tempered by herbal complexity and a little citrus zing.

Danish Fizz

Smooth creamy gin with delicate cherry finish. Christmas vibes.

Viking's blood

The vodka tempers the herbal nature of the aquavit, stopping it being overpowering.

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.

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

Cherry Deluxe

Developed at the height of the cherry season