Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition

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

Festive Bakewell Sour

Combine all ingredients in an ice filled shaker and shake until well chilled. Discard the ice and then dry shake for 10-15 seconds and fine strain into

Burning Down the Mistletoe

First tried garnish with mint, but it smelled like burning plastic when lit.

Goodnight Kiss

For best results use an aromatic sloe gin such as elephant sloe gin. If your sloe gin is more fruity and less spicy then a few dashes of Angostura Aromatic

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

Cherry Merrimint

Thought of it when competion was sent to me.

San-ta-hattan

My own creation, that I and my friends really enjoy.

Cherry Bee's Knees

Da Vinci's Hotel May 2022

Cherry Ripe Manhattan

The flavour profile of the cocktail is complex and deep, with three different and remarkable waves of flavours: The first is Dry due to presence of Cognac

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

My way

Putting all together the Christmas elements and flavors and turning into a cocktail

Merry Cherry Christmas

To frost fruit brush with egg white, sprinkle with caster sugar and leave to dry for about 2 hours.

Cherry Deluxe

Developed at the height of the cherry season

The cHEERING

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

Cheerful Cherry

The competition inspired me to use this underused liqueur and create a cocktail to get everyone in a holiday spirit.

Fur of the Reindeer

Flavor notes: furity, citrus, herbal