Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition

Snow Angel

Adjust the sweetness to your preference by adding more or less Velvet Falernum or Orgeat Syrup. Price: £18

Peater Sour

The peated whisky should be Islay; I like Ardbeg. This may be reduced, if the blended whisky has a pronounced peat element already. The glass I use is

Cheering in the Rye

One of my favorite Christmas desserts is a Black Forest Trifle which includes Heering Cherry Liquor. I wanted to play off those flavors to create a twist

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.

Brave

The Cherry Heering and Chartreuse Jaune combo is great, then added Scotch and lemon to create a shaken drink. Done for this very competition only. Prost!

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

The Red Lion General

Rye provides a bold and spicy backbone for this bitter-sweet drink, with flavors of smoked cherry and cola. Intended originally as a scaffa, but can be

Red Herring

I originally made this during Covid because I had a bottle of Cherry Heering that I had never used and when I tasted it. It was sweet. I thought it would

Mistletoe Cherry Crush

Upon first approach, the cocktail presents a delightful bouquet of rosemary and subtle cherry notes. Upon tasting, the harmonious blend of rum, cherry

Un-Fig-Gettable

This cocktail was developed for "Sleigh Shed," a holiday cocktail pop up at "The Train Shed" in St. Louis, MO in 2022.

You'll Be Heering From Me

With this cocktail I aimed to create a warming, wintry sipper with a good toffeeish Irish whiskey while emphasising the nuttiness of the Heering alongside

Mary´s Jingle

2,5-7,5 ml lime juice depending on the sweetness of your orange juice (and your taste). In addition, the style/perception of the cocktail changes a lot

Christmas your way

It has a slight sweet sherbet flavour when mixed with normal Japanese gin (I use Roku Gin). Replace the gin for Shiraz gin to make it even more velvety

Chorus Girl

I like to make Chorus Girl with the less common Cocchi Dopo Teatro, but I'm sure the standard Cocchi Torino would be fine.

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

Vixen

During the christmas period working in a bar, you definitely notice an increase in the amount of flips and creamy cocktails. They're rich, decadent