CRAFT by Under My Host® Issue No. 18 Made in America: Part III | Page 38

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Rebekkah Peppler is single-handedly responsible for rekindling my lapsed love of crème de
cassis. Flipping through her book Apéritif, I was reminded how one well-crafted bottle of
black currant liqueur (crème de cassis) could create a slew of sophisticated two-ingredient
cocktails—crème de cassis and cider, crème de cassis and lager, crème de cassis and still
wine, crème de cassis and ... you get the picture. If Keep It Simple Stupid is your entertain-
ing mantra (it’s mine!) then you need that bottle of well-crafted crème de cassis, nay, this
bottle on your home bar. Fruit liqueur bosses, Sidetrack Distillery’s Cassis ($20) is teeming
with tart, juicy Pacific North Western black currant juice and none of the cloying sweetness
found in too many liqueurs.
PHOTOGRAPHY/WRITING: Cori Paige
www.ARGUSCIDERY.com | AUSTIN, TX
DISTINCTLY DRY CIDER
ALWAYS 100% FRUIT
NO ADDED SUGAR