From which fruit is the drink Kirsch made?
Kirsch Kirsch A kirschwasser (, ; , German for "cherry water") or kirsch is a clear, colorless fruit brandy traditionally made from double distillation of morello cherries, a dark-colored cultivar of the sour cherry. However, it is now also made from other kinds of cherries. The cherries are fermented completely, including their stones. Unlike cherry liqueurs and cherry brandies, kirschwasser is not sweet. The best kirschwassers have a refined taste with subtle flavors of cherry and a slight bitter-almond taste that derives from the cherry seeds. Kirschwasser is usually imbibed neat. It is traditionally served cold in a very small glass
Kirsch that he and his companion will go to San Francisco and "drink Kirschwasser from a shell". In 1943's "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp," English officer Clive Candy (Roger Livesey) and his former dueling opponent Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff of the German army (Anton Walbrok) bond over glasses of kirshwasser while recuperating from their respective injuries. In Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novel "Elephants Can Remember" it is observed that the recurring character Ariadne Oliver prefers to drink Kirsch. Kirsch A kirschwasser (, ; , German for "cherry water") or kirsch is a clear, colorless fruit brandy traditionally made from double distillation