Recipes entered into the 2023 Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition

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 of the

Chorus Girl

I like to make Chorus Girl with the less common Cocchi Dopo Teatro, but I'm sure the standard Cocchi Torino would be fine.

The Red Lion General

Rye provides a bold and spicy backbone for this bitter-sweet drink, with flavors of smoked cherry and cola. Intended originally as a scaffa, but can be

Black Forest Martini

It was created for the company Christmas menu, then when it finally reached my hands I messed around with it swapped a few things around and perfected

You'll Be Heering From Me

With this cocktail I aimed to create a warming, wintry sipper with a good toffeeish Irish whiskey while emphasising the nuttiness of the Heering alongside

12th Overnight

Sweet milk punch with a velvety mouthfeel, tarty background and rich cherry aftertaste. Brandy de Jerez and popcorn create a delicious pastry palate, balanced

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.

Sakura Matou

The origin of my recipe comes from one of the many anime that I watch called "Fate Stay/Night. She comes from a family of strong mages but is also

Viking's blood

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

Sleigh Me!

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

The Cheer-a-key

I have a signature "Cherry Key Lime Pie Cocktail" that I created that tastes exactly like a Key-lime Pie with graham cracker crust topped with

Brave

The Cherry Heering and Chartreuse Jaune combo is great, then added Scotch and lemon to create a shaken drink. Done for this very competition only. Prost!

Merry Cherry Christmas

You don't need to add the egg white as it doesn't adjust the flavour here, so this can be substituted for a vegan alternative like Aquafaba.

Peater Sour

The peated whisky should be Islay; I like Ardbeg. This may be reduced, if the blended whisky has a pronounced peat element already. The glass I use is

Christmas Cherry Sour

Created for the cherry herring cocktail contest. Pairs two of my favorite flavors, chocolate and cherry and adds in a nice Demerara rum for a great festive

Cherry Tree Carol

pine-laced spiced cherry-vanilla limeade