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The $95 cocktail

July 25, 2017

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How does bourbon get its flavor?

Source: Modern Thirst My friendly neighborhood liquor store has noticed that I'm a pretty frequent flyer when it comes to bourbon, and they'll sometimes tip me off when good stuff comes in off the truck. Just before the holidays, the manager rang up a bottle of Old Rip Van Winkle 10-year for me. A few weeks later, it was some Weller's Antique 107 (not so hard to find if you don't mind a 30% markup, but I mind). Last weekend, when I asked if they had any Blanton's squirreled away, I was offered a bottle of their barrel pick. I'm not A-list or anything (I think there are a fair number of people who need to die or move away before they'll offer me any Pappy 20-year), but it's a very nice gesture, and I'm grateful to them for it. What this means is between a few good finds from a trip to Louisville last summer and the fruits of my budding romance with the local beverage peddler, I've got the beginnings of a bourbon collection. Here they a...

How to pair bourbon and dessert

Photo: The Rookie Barkeep You may have read my super-long, potentially boring post on how bourbon gets its unique flavor. If you didn't, that's cool, because now I'm getting to the fun part – how to actually use that information. Before we start, I have two ground rules. First, there's no wrong way to do this. If you drink good bourbon while you're eating good dessert, it's not going to suck. Second, I'm just some blogger. You're probably going to disagree with some of my choices, and that's okay. Use your own judgement, taste lots of stuff, and come to your own conclusions. Profile Refresher Now. Let's start with a refresher on what makes bourbon smell/taste/feel a certain way. Mash bill: corn – of which all bourbons contain at least 51% – makes for a sweet base. What the distiller does with the other 49% is part of what determines how sweet the final product will be – more rye often means a spicier bourbon, like Booker...

Pad Thai Mojito

My awesome friend and bourbon buddy Sam came to band practice a few weeks ago toting a mason jar with what I assumed was alcohol in it. I accepted this gift curiously from her, swirling the deep golden liquid and noting the way it clung to the sides of the jar – whatever it was had some sweetness to it. Still unsure of what I was holding, I unscrewed the lid to take a whiff. Peanuts. The stuff smelled gloriously and pungently of roasted peanuts. I took a sip. It tasted of the delicious sugary peanut butter you might find in the middle of Reese's Pieces candy, which I would personally be happy to eat out of a tub with a spoon but isn't for everyone . As it turned out, Sam had recently gone to SoCal, and despite being there on business, she found some time to scour the local whiskey scene (as one does). A bottle of Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey found its way back home with her, and knowing how much I love unique and hard-to-find booze, she crac...

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