Creme de Cassis, New and Improved, Maybe

What Happens When You Change the Base Spirit of a Liqueur?

One Kir Royale on the way.

Back in my salad days as a booze reporter, I used to try my hand at homemade elixirs. It was the late aughts, and experimentation and DIY enthusiasm pervaded the air like the lingering scent of a flamed orange twist. I made homemade limoncello, creme de cassis, orange bitters, grenadine and barrel-aged cocktails, among other th…