Heering Cherry Competition - See all 2025 entries

Twilight Orchard

If you don't have any walnut bitters, you can remove it and use 7.5ml of walnut liqueur instead of 5ml.

Cherry Noël

Heering Cherry Liqueur (30 ml): The core of the composition – provides the fruity, festive cherry flavour reminiscent of Christmas desserts. Woodford

Snowfall In Red

Fruity, tartness, rounded

Cherry on top, cherry on bottom

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

The (C)heering (Man)hattan 

I took inspiration from the Black Manhattan with an easy edit or two. First, I used Chocolate bitters to pull into the holiday notes. Secondly, simply

The Red-Nosed ReinHeer

I wanted to create a drink that would sit close to the Manhattan – spirit-forward, elegant, and stirred. But fairly soon, I found myself reaching for

Liquid Christmas

Rich, not overly sweet and full of Christmas notes. I used a mix of Plantaray Cut and Dry and Buffalo Trace but any good quality coconut rum and smooth,

Christmas Dinner Martini

This cocktail has been made to underline elegance and depth of Heering liqueur. The sweetness of orgeat and acidity of blackberry jam in this cocktail

Santa's Night Cap

I'm always looking for something smooth but boozy that doesn't go down fast like a margarita and has bold flavors where you can taste every ingredient.

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

Cherry Gløgg

This cocktail was created as an apéritif or digestif perfectly suited for the Christmas season. As the name suggests, it draws inspiration from the beloved

Biscotti di Natale

Biscotti di Natale was inspired by a trip I took to Italy over the Christmas season, where every café seemed to offer some variation of almond cookies

Crimson Whisper

Crimson Whisper layers the deep cherry warmth of Heering with hints of coffee and winter spice, shaken cold and served glowing in a double-wall glass.

Crimson Carol

The holidays have always carried the sound of home for me. Growing up Peruvian, December meant music in every corner, family filling the house, and the

Fallen Sleigh

Rather than a riff on the summery Paper Plane, this is more of a total re-imagining of it in the magical, wintery world of Christmas. Earthy, warming

Obscura

Taste: sweet, canned cherries, coffee, red fruit, raisins