Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition

Santa's Vacation Cooler

It's important to get your nose right in the cocktail to get those notes of clove and nutmeg.

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

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 Baby

My wife requested a festive cocktail and this is my Christmas take on a brandy crusta for the season. Potentially, an improvement on the classic. It was

Saturnalia

Desserty top notes of cherry and vanilla that give way to astringent and citrucy middle without ending either too sweet or too dry. Well-balanced.

Stained Lips

This is a booze forward cocktail so proper dilution is key.

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.

Cherryfic Christmas Cocktail

Made for Cherry Heering competition, Christmas 2023.

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

Frosted Cherry Cha-Cha

I wanted to create a festive cocktail my friends and family could enjoy representing the spice and flavors of the holiday season. To me, that means pie

Goodnight Kiss

For best results use an aromatic sloe gin such as elephant sloe gin. If your sloe gin is more fruity and less spicy then a few dashes of Angostura Aromatic

The Vast Bird

A drink for all those cooking massive turkeys, The Vast Bird is a festive riff on The Last Word. I have always loved the equal parts format of The Last

Danish Fizz

Smooth creamy gin with delicate cherry finish. Christmas vibes.

Blood and Santa

Riff on Blood and Sand- sort off.

Crimson Cheering

The Crimson Cheering is a sensory delight, offering a symphony of flavors. The cherry Heering adds a luscious sweetness, complemented by the robust warmth

Cherry Bee's Knees

Da Vinci's Hotel May 2022