Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition
Piedmontese
Notes of cherry, blood orange, tea, herbs, and smoke, just like the Barolo that inspires it. Tannic and full bodied.
Paper Reindeer
A Christmas festive treat. Loosely inspired by the Paper Plane except with Tiki-inspired layers of spice. Tastes exactly like Christmas. The egg white
Snake blood
If a little sweet for some a lemon twist adds a nice brightness
Cherrytale of New York
This is Christmas in a glass! Best enjoyed sitting by a crackling fire.
Orange you glad its cherry?
Coffee, rich, cacao, bitter, sweet. Taking a bite of the garnish before having a sip of the drink, really brings out the cherry flavour as well.
Cherry Me Down Slowly
I get a lot of old fashioned drinkers so I'm always coming up with variations for them.
Santa's Vacation Cooler
It's important to get your nose right in the cocktail to get those notes of clove and nutmeg.
Blood and Santa
Riff on Blood and Sand- sort off.
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
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.
Snow Angel
Adjust the sweetness to your preference by adding more or less Velvet Falernum or Orgeat Syrup. Price: £18
Dolly Varden
In 1900 Isaac Weinreich founded the Dolly Varden chocolate company in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine district. While he didn't invent the cherry
San-ta-hattan
My own creation, that I and my friends really enjoy.
Family reunion, spill the tea
For a higher ABV cocktail, substitute hibiscus tea with hibiscus infused rum. I suggest Wray & Nephew.
Island in the snow
A match of tropics and winter; like an island in the snow.
Cherry Paloma
Don't stone your cherries, but do use fresh, juicy, and ripe red or black cherries for the best drink. No infusions, cordials or syrups needed. If
