I had forgotten all about this recipe, which I posted on nermo.com before I wrote (or knew) much about cocktails, until I got an email today from a gal at Al Gore’s office asking if he could use my red herring Illustration in some of his presentations on the environment.
Permission granted and recipe reposted.
Cocktail Recipe: The Cheery Herring
May 9, 2009
The featured ingredient in this cocktail is Cherry Heering, hence the name. Heering is a smooth and not-too-sweet liqueur; the original cherry brandy as developed by Dane Peter Heering in 1818.
I was just going to call it Happy Fish, but I wasn’t sure that would be enough info to get the joke, so now I am over-explaining it. Meh, I can’t win.
- 1 ounce bourbon
- 1/2 ounce Cherry Heering
- 1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
- 1 ounce grapefruit juice
Shake with ice and serve up, garnished with a Swedish Fish
Note: Swedish fish candies are made to resemble herring and a red herring (like this one I drew) refers to irrelevant information given to distract someone from the main issue, rooted in an old superstition that when travelling, one could keep predators off one’s trail by dragging a red herring back and forth across the path.