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All 2023 recipes entered

Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition

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Holy Aroma

Great cocktail after dinner .

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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

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Peanut butter and Jelly Old Fashioned

This seriously tastes just like a Peanut butter and Jelly sandwich from your childhood!

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Sailor's Delight

A classically balanced, light, refreshing cocktail. The amaretto is added to reinforce the cherry flavor, while the ginger and lemon provide contrast and

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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.

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Cherry Fog Nog

If there are two drinks which remind me of Christmas, they're Egg Nog and the holiday London Fog from my local cafe. Rather than the typical Earl Grey,

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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

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Cherrychoc Moon

This is a simple cocktail with few ingredients and two intriguing layers. The chocolate button garnish complements the White Crème de Cacao liqueur which

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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

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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

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The cHEERING

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

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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

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Snowman

Tip: It is easier and more efficient to make more than one portion at the time. You can store the rest in a cool temperature for a while and give it a

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Cordial Invitation

Thought about how to best accentuate the mint characteristics in this rye whiskey and wanted to work with cherry heering more. I immediately thought of

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Cherry sling

It's bit complex on bourbon with nice twist of Campari and passion fruit

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Sleigh Ryed

It helps the gently manhandle the rosemary a bit before dropping it into the glass, just to release some of the good smell.

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