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Branch on Fire: Sagamore Spirit Straight Rye

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This was one of my free quarterly selections from my Flaviar subscription, which I have since let expire as I really need to drink through what I have for a while. Sagamore Spirit is out of Maryland and is fairly news. This straight rye got a 95/100 from Tasting Magazine in 2017, for that this is worth. They get their name from the local thoroughbred racing farm. This is one that started out using MGP-sourced juice. Checking in at just 83 proof, this is light on the heat, as in there is practically none. This can be left on the … Continue reading Branch on Fire: Sagamore Spirit Straight Rye

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City Grocery Bloody Mary

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Ingredients 4 cups V8 juice 1 3/4 cup vodka 3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 5 tspn prepared horseradish 1 1/2 tspn finely grated shallots 1 1/2 tspn minced garlic 2 tbsn dill pickle juice 2 tspn Tabasco hot sauce 3/4 tspn celery seeds 2 1/2 tspn freshly ground black pepper 1 1/2 tspn kosher salt Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime Ice Cubes 6 Pickled Okra pods 12 cocktail onions 6 good-quality pitted olives 6 lime wedges Music Welcome to the Jungle, by Guns N’ Roses. Directions Combine the first 13 … Continue reading City Grocery Bloody Mary

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Branch on Fire: Driftless Glen Straight Rye Single Barrel

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I bought this one by accident. Seriously. I meant to grab a store pick from the same distillery and did not notice that this bottle was in the wrong row. With that being said, not exactly a horrible mistake. Driftless Glen is a craft distillery in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Never heard of Baraboo? Me neither. It is northwest of Madison, up not too far from the Wisconsin Dells. And, I recently learned, they source their grain from Teutopolis, IL, an hour from my hometown. The Single Barrel Rye has won a few awards, including a gold medal best in class at … Continue reading Branch on Fire: Driftless Glen Straight Rye Single Barrel

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Branch on Fire: Peerless Double Oak Bourbon

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Peerless has only been a distillery in its current iteration since 2015, located in downtown Louisville. But they quickly made a name for themselves when their Rye started winning awards in 2017. The rye has been the flagship since, by and large. Enter Peerless Double Oak. Double Oak means exactly what you would think it means, it gets taken from one fresh oak cask, after aging, and put into another fresh oak cask for more aging. The idea being that new wood provides more flavor. It is a concept that is getting more and more popular, although I will admit … Continue reading Branch on Fire: Peerless Double Oak Bourbon

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Book Nook: Caffeine, by Michael Pollan

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Let’s be honest here. Most of us do drugs. Well, one drug specifically–caffeine. Caffeine has been used regularly for centuries now, and Michael Pollan decided it was time to take a look at the history and try to explore some of the ramifications of our developed addiction to those little plants–coffee and tea. Pollan is most notably known for The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Cooked, the latter of which still sits on my coffee table in my stack of books to get to. Caffeine was a shorter Audible recording, focused solely on one aspect of our diets that has played a … Continue reading Book Nook: Caffeine, by Michael Pollan