Leslie

Cherry Heering is vile. I keep looking for a recipe to use it up in, in the vain hope that some combination of ingredients will retain the cherry and remove the cough medicine aspect. We tried with the extra 15ml suggested below for the vodka, it didn’t do it. I’d try this again, reversing the proportions of Kirsch and Cherry Heering.

Ok…but whhhhyyyyyy??? It was potable but…I would have rather had either a daiquiri or a gimlet. We needed to dilute this a lot and it actually seemed to get more sour as we drank it.

I think this is completely delightful in flavour but unbalanced vis a vis sweetness. I added 1/4oz gin and that took the edge off. Am looking forward to trying this with a dry vermouth to see if that tempers things. As it stands, the vermouth is pretty shy and retiring in this drink.

PS: thanks for the hint about the sugar syrup in the Mojito article, I love my drinks on the tart side but this one needed the 1/4oz to allow you to taste the cherry, just as you said. I can personally attest to the lovely difference it makes! 😉