Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition

Stocking Stuffer

The tasting notes are chocolate covered cherries with a vanilla burst.

The cHEERING

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

Red Herring

I originally made this during Covid because I had a bottle of Cherry Heering that I had never used and when I tasted it. It was sweet. I thought it would

Santa's Little Helper

Inspired by classic tiki recipes, this extra boozy nightcap is just what santa needs to get through his busiest night of the year.

Cherry Fog Nog

If there are two drinks which remind me of Christmas, they're Egg Nog and the holiday London Fog from my local cafe. Rather than the typical Earl

Danish Healer

Sweet flavour of cherry intertwined with the herbal undertones of sage and Chartreuse, made festive with champagne.

Midwinter Sour

Heering has 5 distinct flavours: Cherry, Almond/Marzipan, Oak, Cake spice and Balsamic vinegar notes. Cherry, Oak and spice all led me to bourbon with

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

Cherry Velour

This is inspired by a White Russian cocktail and Black Forest gateaux. Coffee tends to have cherry notes and the combination of the two liquers brings

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

Orange you glad its cherry?

Coffee, rich, cacao, bitter, sweet. Taking a bite of the garnish before having a sip of the drink, really brings out the cherry flavour as well.

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

The Last Heering

A fresh and herbal cocktail that blends the sweet note of the Cherry Heering with the liquorice and herbal notes of Chartreuse. A fresh and slightly dry

Sleighwrecked

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

Heering Cherry Angels

This is a delightful Northern Hemisphere style Christmas cherry cocktail. The Cherry liqueur is the hero of the cocktail providing the luscious mouth

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