Hurray, finally! It’s podcast #4. Only took us twice as long as last time. We had some technical difficulties with Skype so please excuse any audio glitches, we tried to fix them. I suppose I should just marvel at the fact that I can video chat with someone 100s of miles away rather than yell…
Hurray, finally! It’s podcast #4. Only took us twice as long as last time. We had some technical difficulties with Skype so please excuse any audio glitches, we tried to fix them. I suppose I should just marvel at the fact that I can video chat with someone 100s of miles away rather than yell futilely at the computer screen. If you’d like me to put up text reviews of the BIBs, let me know. Enjoy, cheers!
Listen to the cast here!: Bottom of the Barrel Podcast #4
What we tasted:
Kentucky Tavern BIB
Very Old Barton 6 Year BIB
Old Fitzgerald BIB
J.W. Dant BIB
Old Grand Dad BIB
Heaven Hill 6 Year BIB
Henry McKenna 10 Year Single Barrel BIB
Bonus: Rittenhouse Rye BIB
Drink recipes from the show:
Buffalo (Bufala) Negra
3-4 basil leaves
teaspoon balsamic vinegar (this is like your bitters)
½ oz simple syrup (brown sugar makes this interesting)
MUDDLE THIS
Fill glass with ice, preferably crushed, and top with :
1.5 – 2oz bourbon (Buffalo Trace is my go to here)
and 1.5-2 oz Ale81, or ginger beer/ale
Chris’ Mint Julep – for derby season
4 mint leaves, preferably chocolate mint (or mint simple syrup for parties)
½ oz simple syrup
splash warm water, splash bourbon
MUDDLE ME BABY
fill with crushed ice
top with 2 oz bourbon (I use BT)
garnish with slapped mint sprig
If you wanna get crazy you can make an orange mint julep by muddling orange and two
splashes orange bitters then follow the above instructions, garnish with both mint
and flamed orange zest
