For the very first time ever I’m really ecstatic about tasting a bourbon. It’s this new bourbon by The Experimental Spirits Company. It’s made with bacon!
That’s right, folks. I stated made with bacon. 350g of the stuff in every bottle in fact. After a bit digging around, I discovered that infusing bourbon with bacon has been going on for rather a while – who’d have known?
But this is the very first of its kind right here in Australia. And it’s quite bloody good!
It’s the product of bar-based brainbox Sven Almenning, who’s started the famous Eau de Vie bars right here in Sydney as well as in Melbourne, the Apothecary as well as The Roosevelt of course.
With the assist of mixologist-cum-alchemist Dr Phil Gandevia, who runs the extraordinary Eau de Vie Apothecary, and an exceptional bit of crowd funding, Almenning has created this small-batch bourbon. It’s the very first spirit that’s come from this new distillery – I’m ecstatic to see what comes next!
So anyway, what does this stuff taste like? Well, a bit like bourbon with bacon in it. Actually, the flavour’s extremely subtle. It provides a beautifully smooth, savoury edge to this extremely high high quality bourbon. There are likewise hints of maple syrup as well as vanilla that add to the general sweetness.
Here are our very first two recipes in the series for getting the most of out of this exceptional whisky:
Bacon Bourbon as well as Maple Syrup Old Fashioned
Here’s what you need:
2x bourbon
1x teaspoon maple syrup
Thin slice of orange
Giant ice cube
Here’s what you do:
Pour the maple syrup into the bottom of the glass
Push the slice of orange to the bottom of the glass on top of the syrup
Drop the ice sphere on top of the orange
Pour the bourbon over the ice.
Pig on the rocks
Served over ice is most likely the very best method to experience this exceptional spirit. particularly if your charming spouse has gotten you an ice cube mould that makes bit ice death Stars!!
This truly is an extraordinary product. I’m extremely pleased with exactly how this has been made. obviously it’s a extremely time-consuming, laborious process to infuse the taste as well as odor of the bacon into the bourbon. as well as you can tell a great deal of like has gone into producing this tipple.
They utilize a system called fat-washing, which doesn’t noise extremely nice, however it’s just a method to filter the spirit as well as leaves no colour difference or cloudiness.
Find it in a choice of little bars around Sydney as well as Melbourne (including Eau de Vie of course), however now that the job is up as well as running, you’ll be seeing this stuff offered in bottleshops as well as on the internet before you understand it.
Watch this area for a lot more methods to take pleasure in this bacon infused whisky. We’re quite ecstatic about our ideas!
What’s your preliminary reaction to a bacon infused spirit? What would you put with this whisky? tell us in the comments!
Images by Mrs Romance.
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