Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition

Red Symphonie

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

Cherry All The Way

I wanted to honor the legendary Heering Cherry Liqueur from 1818. To do so, I made the product the forefront of the cocktail. This recipe is all about

Saturnalia

Desserty top notes of cherry and vanilla that give way to astringent and citrucy middle without ending either too sweet or too dry. Well-balanced.

Dolly Varden

In 1900 Isaac Weinreich founded the Dolly Varden chocolate company in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine district. While he didn't invent the cherry cordial confection

An Almost Fanatical Devotion to the Pope

I wanted to create a Manhattan variation that captured the essence of the cordial chocolate cherries that I get every holiday season. This cocktail will

Cherry Dasher

For lovers of cherries featuring traditional holiday flavors of bourbon, ginger and cinnamon spiced apple, balanced with aperitif wine for a mildly bitter

Stocking Stuffer

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

Vieuxx Cherr-ey (pronounced Vee Cheer-hey)

This modern classic is for the holiday seasons! Substitute cheery herring liqueur for the sweet vermouth. Go extra on the 100 proof rye to balance it.

Cloves Fields Forever

A relax herbal experience perfect when its cold outside but your heart is warm around your loved ones.

Bakewell Sour

Wanting to capture a cherry bakewell, this riff on the amaretto sour was created by Alex Cameron and his partner for the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas

Do You Heer What I Heer

A somewhat boozy cocktail with hint of smoke, cherry sweetness and holiday spice. My preferred mezcal is Bozal Tobasiche which has some earthy and chocolaty

Viking's blood

The vodka tempers the herbal nature of the aquavit, stopping it being overpowering.

Senora Cereza Toma Un Humo (Mrs. Cherry has a smoke)

Cherry and lime lead transitioning to mezcal and cocoa from the bitters ending with a spicy, smoky finish.

Wake Up Santa

Navy Gin combined with Heering Cherry is MAGIC. Optional spicy bitters (which add a lovely lift to the finish) are available at drinks shops or online.

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

Frosted Cherry Cha-Cha

I wanted to create a festive cocktail my friends and family could enjoy representing the spice and flavors of the holiday season. To me, that means pie