Breaking the Bourbon Trail Part 1 - Cocktails and Carry-Ons, Ep. 11

Written By Greg Enslen

Episode 11 - Breaking the Bourbon Trail, Part I - St. Elmo Old Fashioned and WR Classic Old Fashioned

Carli and Diana head to Kentucky to explore the distilleries on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. We start off with the ready-to-pour St. Elmo Old Fashioned and see how it compares to the hand-crafted Woodford Reserve Classic Old Fashioned.   

Distilleries

  • Woodford Reserve

  • Maker’s Mark

  • Bulleit

  • Castle and Key

  • Buffalo Trace

  • Rabbit Hole

Woodford Reserve (WR) Classic Old Fashioned

Ingredients

  • 2 oz WR Kentucky Straight Bourbon

  • .5 oz Demerara Simple Syrup

  • 3 dashes WR Aromatic Bitters

  • 2 dashes WR Orange Bitters

  • Orange Peel

  • Luxardo Maraschino Cherries

Preparation

  • Add ingredients to a mixing glass with ice. 

  • Stir for 30 - 40 seconds. 

  • Strain into a serving glass. 

  • Garnish with a lightly expressed orange peel and a luxardo maraschino cherry.

Greg Enslen

Greg Enslen is the publisher of the Tippecanoe Gazette, a weekly newspaper, and an Ohio author and columnist. He's written and published thirty-six books, including nine fiction titles and four collections of essays and columns. Many are available through Gypsy Publications of Troy, Ohio. For more information, please see his Amazon Author Page or visit his Facebook fan page.

http://www.gregenslen.com/
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