Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition

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.

Cherryshed by the Captain

Made for a private Tiki party, June 2020

Cherry Deluxe

Developed at the height of the cherry season

one bodacious broad

This is a delicious brunch cocktail!

Sleigh Me!

A riff on the sidecar and cable car using cherry heering.

Nochebuena

This cocktail has the taste of an elevated whiskey sour with the hint of cinnamon, cherry and bitterness while being refreshing and a drink suitable to

Tripple Cherry Fizz

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

Fur of the Reindeer

Flavor notes: furity, citrus, herbal

Blood and Santa

Riff on Blood and Sand- sort off.

The cHEERING

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

Cherie Cyn

I made this as a surprise holiday cocktail for my wife, Cynthia, this Christmas as a riff on a Boulevardier, her favorite winter drink.

Rudolph's Wonderland

For a winter solstice / Christmas cocktail I wanted to take this beautifully rich-sweet Heering Cherry Liquor (my father always called it Cherry Herring

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.

Cherry Christmas Cake

I love rich Christmas spices and a warming dram in the winter. My dad (who does not have a sweet tooth, also likes a dram) does have a great love of cherries

The Second Christmas

Tasting note - Sweet, Tart, Festive

Porto Twist

Accessible, fruity, and surprisingly refreshing.