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The Kir is a French cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) topped up with white wine. In France it is usually drunk as an apéritif before a meal or snack. It was originally made with Bourgogne Aligoté , [ 1 ] a white wine of Burgundy , but today various white wines are used throughout France, according to the ...
Crème de cassis (French pronunciation: [kʁɛm də kasis]) (also known as Cassis liqueur) is a sweet, dark red liqueur made from blackcurrants. [ 1 ] Several cocktails are made with crème de cassis, notably the popular wine cocktail kir [ 2 ] and its sparkling variant, the kir royal . [ 3 ]
A tonic cocktail is a cocktail that contains tonic syrup or tonic water. Tonic water is usually combined with gin for a gin and tonic, or mixed with vodka. However, it can also be used in cocktails with cognac, cynar, Lillet Blanc or Lillet Rosé, rum, tequila, or white port. [103] Albra (vodka, cynar, mint syrup, lemon juice, tonic water) [104]
B-52 (and related B-50 series cocktails) B & B (brandy and Bénédictine) Baby Guinness; Bacardi cocktail; Backdraft (also a pepperdraft variation) Batida (traditionally made with cachaça) Bay breeze; Bee's knees
99 Berries; Chambord (); Crème de cassis (blackcurrant); Guavaberry; Hideous (raspberries, other berries and citrus fruits); Lakka (); Lillehammer (lingonberry); Mirto (Sardinian traditional bitterish liqueur made with myrtle, used as digestive drink at the end of meals)
Cocktail historian David Wondrich speculates that "cocktail" is a reference to gingering, a practice for perking up an old horse by means of a ginger suppository so that the animal would "cock its tail up and be frisky", [19] hence by extension a stimulating drink, like pick-me-up. This agrees with usage in early citations (1798: "'cock-tail ...
The old fashioned is an IBA official cocktail in the "Unforgettables" category. The IBA official cocktails are cocktails recognised by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) to be the most requested recipes. [1] The list was developed starting in 1960, and the first version was announced in 1961, comprising 50 cocktails. [1]
Chartreuse increased in popularity during the craft cocktail movement of the early 2000s, due to its bittersweet profile and romantic history. [12] Cocktails such as the Last Word were popularized by mixologists. In 2020, the trend toward at-home cocktail making during the COVID-19 pandemic doubled worldwide demand for the liqueur. [12]