Kirsch

• Spirits
• Alcoholic

Kirsch, or kirschwasser, is a cherry eau-de-vie: the fruit is fermented, often with the stones crushed in, and then distilled. The clear spirit is bottled soon afterwards and is not aged. It comes mainly from the Rhine region, from the Black Forest and Alsace to Switzerland. It is not sweet, offering a clean cherry aroma with a faint bitter-almond edge from the kernels. In cocktails it is used in small measures to add a dry cherry note, as in the Rose.

Strength: usually 40% ABV (legal minimum 37.5%).

Also known as: Kirschwasser

Used in 1 cocktail.