Vanilla Bourbon
- At June 4, 2011
- By megan
- In bourbon, Recipes, SALT, Savory Spice Shop, The Cocktail Element, vanilla
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If you read my blog, you’ll know that I have been having a pretty intense love affair with cocktails lately. They’re fun. I like to be around them… get to know them… explore their flavor profiles.
And since it all seems to boil down to flavor profiles at this stage in my cocktail affair, it’s only right to explore the flavor profiles of this spring’s Cocktail Element, created by my esteemed sommelier/mixologist friend, Evan Faber of SALT. Last month I infused some Chipotle Tequila. This month it is Vanilla Bourbon.
How do you make Vanilla Bourbon? Soak a vanilla bean in some bourbon. It’s easy. I got some Madagascar vanilla beans from Savory Spice Shop and let them sit, whole, in a jar of Maker’s Mark for 3 days. I used on bean per liter jar of bourbon. You taste subtle notes of vanilla in my vanilla bourbon, and it seems smoother to me than regular bourbon. Now I need to experiment with a vanilla bourbon cocktail. Stay tuned…
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