Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition
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
Tomte (Scandinavian Santa)
Inspired by the Scandinavian origin of cherry Heering- taste of place and season
Stocking Stuffer
The tasting notes are chocolate covered cherries with a vanilla burst.
Southern Winter
I only added a bar spoon of sugar syrup as the Heering brings a lot of sweetness. It has forward notes of lime, like a daiquiri, with back notes of warming
Mince Pie Manhattan
The Fernet Branca adds a hint of Christmas Tree and balances the sweetness of the other ingredients. The drink works without it but isn't quite the
Black Forest
Notes of jam, fresh berries, butterscotch and desert wine. Almost acts as a desert wine itself! Tip: Eat the chocolate in-between sips, it's part
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
Merry Crisis
Inspired by the flavors of the German cherry marzipan candies from my childhood, kicked up the with a touch of spice and nuttiness from the added Angostura
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
Holy Aroma
Great cocktail after dinner .
Heeringway Daiquiri
Wintery take on a Hemingway Daiquiri.
Cheery Cherry Wake Up
Put a Rocks glass in the freezer. Add all ingredients to a frozen stirring glass. Fill the stirring glass half full of ice. Stir for 10-15 seconds for
REINDEER ROCKETTE
The iconic kickline of world famous Radio City Rockettes--a precision dance troupe and exemplary American chorus line-has been brightening the New York
Merry Cherry aka Feliz Cereza
The recipe's been created for this competition, over couple days at my place. It's a must to use quality tequila that tastes like agave, otherwise
Stocking Stuffer
Shake and strain over ice
Northern Lass
Based on my fiancé's favourite Christmas flavours of cherry and ginger, I decided to make an elegant drink that looked great. An homage to my partner.
