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Besides the basic Kir, a number of variations exist: [4] Cidre royal – made with cider instead of wine, with a measure of calvados added; Communard, or cardinal – made with red wine instead of white
The Kir royal is a French cocktail, a variation on the Kir. It consists of crème de cassis topped with champagne , rather than the white wine used in traditional Kir. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This apéritif is typically served in a flute glass .
The Kir Royale is a French cocktail, a variation on the Kir. It consists of crème de cassis topped with champagne , rather than the white wine used in traditional Kir. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This apéritif is typically served in a flute glass .
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]
Kir habitually served this local drink to delegations, and so the drink itself is now known internationally as a Kir. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Alternately, some contend that German soldiers confiscated most of the region's red wine, so Kir converted a local brew of red wine and crème de cassis into a combination of white wine and crème de cassis ...
The white wine used for making Kir usually came from Mercurey (and yes, it was the varietal Aligoté). When Canon Félix Kir was elected mayor of Dijon, someone noticed that he was a priest (curé) and also the mayor (maire). So Félix Kir was a "maire-curé", and of course the drink became known as Kir...
Kirschwasser, produced in Germany and bottled at 40% ABV. Kirschwasser (/ ˈ k ɪər ʃ v ɑː s ər /, UK also /-v æ s ər /, German: [ˈkɪɐʃvasɐ] ⓘ; German for 'cherry water'), or just Kirsch (German: ⓘ; the term used in Switzerland and France, less so in Germany), is a clear, colourless brandy from Germany, Switzerland, and France, traditionally made from double distillation of ...
The KIR gene cluster has approximately 150 kb and is located in the leukocyte receptor complex (LRC) on human chromosome 19q13.4. [1] [24] [12] KIR genes have 9 exons, which are strongly correlated with KIR receptor protein domains (leader, D0, D1, and D2, stem, transmembrane, and cytosolic domains). [20]