Tillen Farms Cherries, Bada Bing, 72 Ounce (Pack of 2)

I am an avid cocktail enthusiast and have researched and tasted every 'high end' cocktail cherry product out there. These are the BEST by a wide margin. Trust me.. These are WAY better than LUXARDO and way less expensive. They taste amazing and have great texture. This product will take your next Tom Collins or Manhattan to the next level. Because I am a nice guy, I will teach you how to make the best Manhattan out there: 2 1/4 oz Rittenhouse Rye (amazing high proof rye, very reasonably priced and perfect for the manhattan) 1 oz Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth (this is the best! Do not cheap out on inferior product like martini & Rossi) you are making craft cocktails and you and your guests deserve the best! 2 healthy dashes BITTERCUBE Vanilla Cherry Bark bitters. As I said earlier, I know my cocktails and I know my bitters.. This brand is AMAZING.. U will pay more to get them, I have already told you if you want quality you need to spend. This combination of ingredients is top notch and will blow your mind. Combine all ingredients in a chilled mixing glass, (don't you DARE shake a manhattan EVER!) preferably one of the beautiful 'seamless' Japanese mixing glasses from Cocktail Kingdom. Add enough ice to reach about 3/4 up your mixing glass. Stir smoothly and briskly 40 revolutions. It will take about 12-15 seconds and don't skimp.. Rittenhouse is a bonded rye and high proof so you need the proper amount of dilution to make it taste best. Using a JULEP strainer, carefully and gently strain your cocktail into a chilled 6 oz. coupe glass, pouring over 1-2 delicious bada bing cherries and ENJOY! You will!!!

Although they are way more expensive, I had always purchased Woodfield Reserve Bourbon Cherries because the cherries were excellent and I particularly liked the more watery cherry juice they came as compared to the thick, sticky juice of every other brand ...until I found Bada Bing Cherries! The cherries in Bada Bing are delicious, always large and plump, and almost all have the stem attached (Woodfield has slipped a bit lately in plumpness and attached stems). Plus the cherry juice is exactly like Woodfield's. All that and anywhere from 2X to 2.5X less expensive on Amazon than Woodfield's! If you are looking for the best cocktail cherry, in a great juice, at a truly unbelievable price - try Bada Bing out, you will not be disappointed.

Absolutely love these cherries. Much more enjoyable without all the broken glass.

For an Old Fashioned cocktail, these are the best cherries to use (at least for the way I like an OF to taste). A bit pricey, but I skimp by using only one cherry and a tablespoon of the syrup. The syrup has a wonderful bing cherry flavor, and is not overly sweet - you can drink it like fruit juice. Using the Baba Bings, I have finally dialed-in on the "perfect" formula for an OF cocktail (for me). While the Bada Bings are the king of cocktail cherries, the OF is the king of cocktails, since there are so very many variables, and it can be mixed to accommodate so very many different tastes. (The variables include the bourbon, the bitters, amount of orange to use, cherries, type of sugar, mixing, etc., etc. - I could write a book about the OF cocktail!) I previously used Griottines cherries for my Old Fashioned cocktails, but they did not impart sufficient cherry flavor, and the syrup tastes like cough medicine. So I'm now a "Bada-Bing" guy.

I love fresh cherries. Living in the Inland Northwest we are pretty spoiled in June / July with an abundance of cherries. WIth that, cherries are the perfect garnish (or part of a garnish) for many classic and craft cocktails. I personally don't care for the bright red super sweet "maraschino cherries" that are common. They ruin a good cocktail. So, I've been looking, and looking. I then found Tillen Farms... and these are perfect. they taste like bing cherries... yes, they taste like cherries! Having the stem on is just bonus and makes them all the more enjoyable as you fish them out of the bottom of the glass. The hard pat is not eating them ... and the the pack is perfect! One to just eat, one to use for a large gathering, and one to savor while you wait for the next three to show up. Even if you are not into cocktails and mixology, these will be a nice change for putting on top of some icecream (I may, or may not have some experience in using them in this manner.....)

If you're reading this review, it means you are also serious about your cherries... I ordered these on Amazon since my local store had run out (yeah, they're that awesome!). Bada Bing cherries are the best bottled cherry out there. One try, and you'll forgo those oddly bright colored maraschino cherries they've been passing off on you for years. Did you know they have to bleach them and then recolor maraschino cherries to get that absurd, practically glow-in-the dark red color? Bada bing cherries are their natural color; you know, the kind that occurs in nature? They even taste better than maraschinos. I buy these as I'm serious about my cocktail embellishments. I guess you could put them on ice cream too.

Love these cherries! Worth every dime! The flavor is amazing. The Rum version is even better when you can find them but these are family friendly. My husband enjoys an old fashioned and 2 of them muddled in really make the drink. Once you have 1 you will NEVER be able to enjoy those other red things again. We were at dinner the other night and he ordered an old fashioned he said it was ok but not great then he bit into the provided 🍒 cherry and unceremoniously spit it out. 🤣 He may never be able to order an old fashioned in a bar again. (Unless I can convince the proprietors to buy these amazing cherries!)

Ditch the maraschinos. The juice they are bottled in is a flavor enhancer for non alcoholic beverages too. I now buy two huge jars at a time.