A Bonus Tasting!
What is called bourbon, but isn’t legally boubon, and is an oxymoronic sin? Find out this weekend with a mini-cast tasting of 4 of this brand’s offerings with guest co-host Alicia! Leave your guesses in the comments!
Blind BIB tasting
Doing a little practice for our next podcast. Go out and get some of these if you can and you can play along at home! No spoilers about our opinions just yet. Also, I haven’t forgotten about the list of who makes what. Thanks for listening Bourbo…
Recipes
Bourbon Sidecar 1.5 to 2 oz. Bourbon 1/2 to 3/4 oz. Cointreau orTriple sec 1/2 to 3/4 oz. Lemon Juice Shake to combine over ice, serve with lemon garnish and sugared rim if desired. Bourbon Negroni (Broni) 1.5 oz. Bourbon 1 oz. Aperol 1 oz. Cocchi vermouth or sweet vermouth of choice Shake to combine…
Bottom of the Barrel Podcast #3!
Bottom of the Barrel Podcast #3! Hurray, it’s podcast number 3: What about the Beams? Wherein we discuss the Beam family in distilling, non-traditional bourbon cocktails, our experiences at the Bourbon Classic and Bacon and Bourbon South Carolina as well as a tasting of some widely available bourbons. Enjoy, and as always, cheers! Links of…
Podcast #1 in Glorious Mono
You asked, we listened. Here is the first podcast in mono instead of stereo for ease of listening at work or other tasks requiring only 1 earbud. Also, podcast #3 is on the horizon. The research is done and we’re just collecting a couple more bottles for the tasting. Hopefully from our brains to your…
How to make (mostly) clear ice
In preparation for some cocktails this weekend, I decided to to try and make some clear ice. Having heard that the double boiling and distilled water methods don’t work reliably, I decided to use some science. Slow freezing, like icicles or frozen lakes, gives time for the water bubbles to escape the ice as it…
Errata
So in my blind rage against the Trader Joe’s bourbon in the last podcast, I gave out incorrect information. After the cast, I got to thinking about how they could have ‘bourbon’ on the bottle if it wasn’t truly bourbon. Thus, I looked its official entry up in the TTB database (alcohol and tobacco tax…
What should we talk about in the next podcast?
Link to the poll in the facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com /groups/246462008847663/
Topics will also include our experiences at the Bourbon Classic and the Bourbon and Bacon festival.
Cheers!
Recipes and links
Chris’ Old Fashioned: Place 1 sugar cube in an old fashioned glass (go figure), 4 drops angostura bitters, one thick slice of orange without rind, splash of bourbon, and splash of water – muddle to combine Add two maraschino cherries, fill with crushed ice, add 2 oz. of your favorite bourbon (I also like rye…