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All 2023 recipes entered

Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition

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Grocer's Elixir

Grocer's Elixir is inspired by Christmas from London's busiest borough market! As we all know, Peter F Heering was a young businessman trading

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Piedmontese

Notes of cherry, blood orange, tea, herbs, and smoke, just like the Barolo that inspires it. Tannic and full bodied.

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Snowpenhagen

If you like it a little stronger and fruitier, you should swap the white light rum with a stronger rhum agricole, e.g. the 50% Clément, matched very well

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Reindeer Games

The addition of the cherry bitters adds a sweet glacé element, enhancing the flavours of the Cherry Heering. A fruity mule riff with slight medicinal

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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

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Well Baked

A nice balance of sweet and dry. The sweetness coming from Cherry heering and Licor 43, whilst the Martell VS brings a depth of dryness and the sherry

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CC Swirl

For me the gin/vermouth give this cocktail the opportunity to be drunk as an aperitif. However the first version of this was drunk while doing the Christmas

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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

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Red Symphonie

Mix it together +2 dashes chocolate bitters , hart shacke about 10 sec. And dopple strain (fain strain) into the nick&nora

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Blood and Santa

You can play with orange juice/Aperol balance depending on the quality of the juice available.

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Red Comet

Add all ingredients to a mixing tin. Add ice, shake for 5-10 seconds, and then strain into an Old Fashioned glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry on

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Tomte (Scandinavian Santa)

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

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Port and Peter

I love Kalimotxo and Sangria - in the summer however. I knew that Cherry Heering would be a great way to spike a Kalimotxo while adding a cherry flavour.

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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

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Chai Hard

The rich cherry and nutty flavours of the Cherry Heering layer in perfectly with the spices of the Allspice Dram, spicy vanilla notes from Bulleit bourbon

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Yuzutide

Winter is the season for yuzu: the peel smells amazing, while the juice is bitter and a perfect complement to the sweetness of the Cherry Heering. The

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