Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition

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

San-ta-hattan

My own creation, that I and my friends really enjoy.

Bright and Cheery

I used Roses grenadine to enhance the color, not for flavoring, and Lairds Applejack as the apple brandy, but I am sure calvados would be a good substitute.

Sleighwrecked

My love of tropical rum drinks and the fruit of the season - cranberry.

Cherry Shakewell

I've always been partial to a Cherry Bakewell Tart! This is more like a dessert cocktail with the sweetness tempered slightly by the egg white, that also

Ho Ho HeeringHighball

• While making the espresso syrup make sure that the espresso is still hot while blending with sugar • make sure to fill glass with ice first, the

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.

Sour Cherry Negroni

I introduced this recipe in early 2019, and since then, it has been proven to be a booming serve in any bar menu I develop. It is a very successful riff

Velveteen Rabbit

The drink itself leans bittersweet and is definitely in the dessert/nightcap region. The garnish is to be eaten first, as the cocoa powder leaves a lingering

Awilda Noel

For fans of Old Fashioned and Manhattans but using completely different ingredients. A nice after dinner sipper, if I do say so myself.

Christmas Cherry Sour

Created for the cherry herring cocktail contest. Pairs two of my favorite flavors, chocolate and cherry and adds in a nice Demerara rum for a great festive

Bah Humbug

Reminiscent of drinking cherry coke as a child at Christmas parties. Now, a grown adult who is well over the age can gather some nostalgia in a glass and

Martini 1818

If you can get your hands on a bottle of Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream, I strongly recommend using that in place of the Bailey's Irish Cream. For the cold

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

Cherry Espresso Martini

Created this Christmas as a fundraiser for Hope and Play, a charity that build children's playgrounds in Gaza.

Tomte (Scandinavian Santa)

Inspired by the Scandinavian origin of cherry Heering- taste of place and season