Heering Cherry Competition - See all 2025 entries

Cereza Navidad

A high ball created to be refreshing and also rich and deep with flavor. The cherry heering with the agave syrup creates a heavy texture that is sweet

Warm Winter Cheer

I originally made this with scotch. Switched to bourbon after several experiments. I compared Campari with Gran Classico - no comparison. The cognac float

Northern Lights Cherry Sleigh

The Northern Lights Cherry Sleigh is inspired by the warmth and glow of winter nights-where cherry, spice, and evergreen notes come together like a festive

Cherrysmas

Bite from the garnish and sip the cocktail, it enhances the cherry flavour.

Chérie it's Xsmas

I only add a drop of cherry syrup because I didn't want to have something too sweet, and I wanted the cherry to be the main star of the cocktail. For the

Cinnamon Fireplace

You can choose any dark, complex, flavorful, sweet rum instead of El Dorado 15, and as for the Bacardi Carta Blanca, any light white rum.

Heer Me Out

Boozy, not too sweet, well-balanced. I used bottled-in-bond Rittenhouse rye (100 proof) and Wild Turkey 101 bourbon (101 proof), which makes for a delicious

Coco'd a Cherry

Using bright red cocktail cherries provides more contrast to the rich red Heerings Liqueur, than the darker Marasca Cherries. Combining these with the

Scarlet Noel

Christmas is not always bright, loud or glittering. Sometimes it is warm, deep and quiet – like the glow of embers in a fireplace, the silence after

Krampus

The first thing you taste is the Rye and Cherry Herring that plays really well together in the mouth. And then afterwards the cherry sweetness blends into

Snowfall Reviver

Best made with a clean, aromatic absinthe such as St. George or La Clandestine, using only a rinse to maintain balance. Keep the lemon between 8–10 ml

Cherry on top, cherry on bottom

Created by me for the "Heering Cherry Christmas Cocktail Competition" November 2025.

Ho, Ho, Ho! Negroni

Mix white edible glitters with water and freeze in a big cube mal. Stirr all 4 ingredients with ice in a mixing glass. Put 1 big glitter ice cube in a

Bowl of Cherries

A three equal parts indulgent cocktail that revolves around Heering cherry liqueur. The dessert alter-ego of a Negroni.

Wiseman's Garnet

Imagine the flavours of a Christmas fruit cake - rich cherry, citrus peel, warm spice, and boozy depth

Rocking Around The Christmas Tree

One of my fondest memories of Christmas is my Mema dancing around the kitchen to "Rocking around the Christmas tree" making pies and cookies