{"id":1479,"date":"2010-05-06T21:29:44","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T04:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2010-05-06T21:29:44","modified_gmt":"2010-05-07T04:29:44","slug":"kir-royale-flashback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1479","title":{"rendered":"Kir Royale &#8211; Flashback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months back I discussed the <a title=\"CH - Kir Royale\" href=\"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1355\" target=\"_blank\">Kir Royale<\/a> as a great New Year&#8217;s cocktail.\u00c2\u00a0 And while it definitely is that, I think it&#8217;s a great candidate for a brunch tipple as well.\u00c2\u00a0 The classic Kir Royale is a combo of 1\/2 oz of creme de cassis and 5 oz of champagne.\u00c2\u00a0 While it&#8217;s a simple mix the flavors are fresh, bright and lightly complex.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Kir Royale by ReeseCLloyd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/reeselloyd\/4225908384\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4070\/4225908384_d438204643.jpg\" alt=\"Kir Royale\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But, let&#8217;s take a slightly deeper look at this combo.\u00c2\u00a0 It really breaks down to champagne with a fruit liqueur.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, there are lots of fruit liqueurs (and some non-fruit ones too) that you could sub in this that will change up the flavor profile completely.\u00c2\u00a0 Here are some suggestions to get you rolling.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peach<\/li>\n<li>Cherry<\/li>\n<li>Ginger (Domaine Canton)<\/li>\n<li>Elderflower (St. Germain)<\/li>\n<li>Pear<\/li>\n<li>Blackberry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I could continue on, but I think you get the idea.\u00c2\u00a0 I sampled the St. Germaine option and really enjoyed it.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s a definitely departure from the classic Kir Royale, but it&#8217;s very tasty in its own way.\u00c2\u00a0 The flowery flavor comes through gently and in harmony with the flavors of the sparkling wine.\u00c2\u00a0 Definitely worth a sample.<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it, a simple cocktail with an easy twist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months back I discussed the Kir Royale as a great New Year&#8217;s cocktail.\u00c2\u00a0 And while it definitely is that, I think it&#8217;s a great candidate for a brunch tipple as well.\u00c2\u00a0 The classic Kir Royale is a combo of 1\/2 oz of creme de cassis and 5 oz of champagne.\u00c2\u00a0 While it&#8217;s a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[202,153],"class_list":["post-1479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-general","tag-kir-royale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1480,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions\/1480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}