Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition

Tripple Cherry Fizz

I created this recipe in October 2023 to be served in the bar where I work during the Festive season.

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

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

Viking's blood

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

Cherrily On High

A slightly tropical iced variation on a classic Tom & Jerry, elevated by Cherry Heering and lime. Simple to make in large batches as a Christmas punch.

Cherry Bakewell Martini

It's the perfect marriage of cherries and almond!

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

The Cheer-a-key

I have a signature "Cherry Key Lime Pie Cocktail" that I created that tastes exactly like a Key-lime Pie with graham cracker crust topped with

The Herbal Remedy

The drink has a lot of intensity and complexity whilst remaining perfectly balanced. This drink has the cherry flavour on the forefront whilst providing

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

Island in the snow

A match of tropics and winter; like an island in the snow.

Bittersweet Love

The idea was to create a flavor similar to the cherry sauce that inside luxardo cherries.

The Confessor

This cocktail takes the cherry flavors of Christmas and winter fresh and herbal flavors and blends them into a complex mix of sweet, bitter, smoke, and

God rest Ye cherry gentlemen

Based on the classic last word cocktail, with Heering cherry liqueur replacing the more usual maraschino liqueur. Vodka, and the lighter yellow chartreuse

12 Days of Flipmas

Since Cherry Heering is so rich I wanted to make an indulgent after dinner drink resembling a warm fruit cobbler one might have over the holidays. And

Red Velvet

Cherries & berries with added fizz