Name: Christmas Cheer-re
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Oude genever; 30 ml Cherry brandy; 30 ml Chinato (Barolo/Barbera/Grignolino); 15 ml Gin; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 2 dash Orange bitters

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Oude genever

1 fl oz

Cherry (brandy) liqueur

1 fl oz

Mancino Vermouth di Torino Chinato

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

2 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and discard.

Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Christmas Cheer-re contains 284 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
23.53% alc./vol. (47.06° proof)
26.7 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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John CARR Premium Member 1y

Revisiting with more exact ingredients. Seriously good. Everything here is harmonious and integrated. Wonderful depth and complexity, but also delicate, elevated and pleasant. This recipe was worth the subscription fee alone. Well done, Simon.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Thanks for your support. John.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

I love Italian style dry reds and this was my first taste of Chinato - a bottle by mancino. Absolutely delicious!

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Wow this is a serious flavour hit! All your favourite Xmas flavours in one- especially the plum pudding and cakes! Lacking the Chinato I subbed half Dubonnet and half Cocchi storico, which I suspect isn’t quite drying enough for the full measure (!) of Cherry Heering! Seriously good.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 1y

Yummy

Lou Anselm 1y

YO !!! This is Fantastic !!! Rich, Big, Strong, Full Flavored !! My particular palate really really likes this one !!

Robert Holen 1y

Subbing the usual red Maraschino cherries with green ones makes this one look extra christmassy ;)

Jerry Bryant 2y

I was looking for a Christmas cocktail that didn’t require pie spice or such. This hits the bullseye. What a lovely combination of flavors! I didn’t have chinato so I used Montenegro amaro, and I’m very pleased with the result. I shall mix a batch of this to serve on Xmas Day.

Donna Inch Premium Member 3y

Beautifully hued drink for the Holidays.
Had to substitute Cynar for the Barolo Chinato, and liked the blending of flavour with cherry forward. We ended up sipping for a while, and this cocktail tasted great as it ‘warmed’ up a bit (less chilled). Love the substantial size as well ? (filled our coupes with Cheer-re!)