Playing with the kirsch recipes this evening, this one pretty much wrote itself / was waiting for something like this to come up. Perfect in itself, though combining with chocolate in some form seemed like an open invitation. Improved as it warmed a little, as so often.

Elegant - an attractive pale rose gold color that is perfectly clear - this is not a cherry flavored confection. This is an excellent gin cocktail, like a distant cousin of a Martinez, the gin dominates the early taste and the mouthfeel, and then you are given a sweet kiss at the finish - wonderful! I recommend Luxardo Cherry liqueur (not Maraschino!) instead of Heering (I like it better), that may also need why my cocktail turned out so much more attractive than the dark amber of the pictured cocktail.

This is obviously personal preference, but this was definitely too booze forward for me. While I could happily accept it and sip on it, making it myself requires a touch more sweetness. It didn’t even taste much like cherry to me. I added some Reál Black Cherry Purée, tasted it then added some simple syrup. About a bar soon of each (in a doubled recipe) After the simple addition the cherry flavor really came out and the sweetness level brought it into the realm of enjoyable for me.

What an outstanding evening sipper. Wonderful herbal hints with the taste of cherries. Felt that it had an aftertaste of cocoa. Delightful.
Appreciate the recipe adjustment, but we made a triple between the two of us. Fit perfectly into a coupe glass. In my favourites.

Just curious - you said that you had reduced the proportions by a 1/3 but they look the same as the two old recipes further down.

Thanks for the reply. It's a very nice glass.

If anyone could tell me the brand of glass in the illustration I'd love to know. Thanks.