Crimson Royale
2 tablespoons frozen cranberry juice cocktail
concentrate, thawed
4–6 oz. Champagne
1 teaspoons cranberry liqueur
1 teaspoons orange liqueur
Pour cranberry juice concentrate and fruit liqueurs into a champagne flute. Fill the rest of the glass with champagne. Garnish with cranberries and oranges.
Show your school pride at the Harvard-Yale game with the Crimson Royale, a versatile quaff equally fit for drinking at a tailgate, pre-gaming for breakfast or celebrating with a victory toast. Enjoy this festive and sweet champagne cocktail all day long. The cranberry and orange flavors are perfect seasonal flavors for the waning fall days. Try any orange-flavored liqueur like Grand Mariner or Cointreau. Cranberry liqueurs, which are mostly produced in North America, are slightly more obscure but well worth the effort. Look for locally manufactured brands. And of course, buy a little extra champagne for celebrating the inevitable Harvard triumph.
