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A Spontaneous Libation for your Consideration

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Who Makes My Bourbon?

This is the fifth in a series on Bourbon by Zach Pearson. Read them all: Bourbon, Bourbon After the Act, Bourbon: What it is ... and isn't, Making Bourbon, Who Makes My Bourbon, Producer Capsules., Finding the Good Stuff, Tasting the Good Stuff, Neat, Mashbills, Geeky Information and Resources.

About a year ago, GQ exerpted this great picture from David Haskell's The Kings County Distiller Guide to Urban Moonshining. Click the image on the left to see the detail. It’s pretty easy to see from this that there are really only thirteen major Bourbon producers in the United States. These 13 distilleries are owned by only nine companies.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. You can’t walk into a liquor store and not see an entire 50 foot shelf of Bourbons with names you’ve never heard of. Some of them are even local. All of them have great stories on the back about how this particular Bourbon was the favorite of Ulysses S. Grant or Al Capone or was made by some hill-William from a secret family recipe only recently rediscovered inside a hollow log in Possum Lick, Kentucky. Like the Templeton Rye label to the left. Click it to expand and read it.

Recent Additions

  • Cornucopia (Claphamcocktails) — Corn Whiskey, RinQuinQuin a la Peche, Bianco Vermouth, Cachaça, Bitters, Lemon
  • Over the next ridge — Gin, Bianco Vermouth, Breckenridge Bitter, Brucato Amaro Chaparral, Lemon
  • Pamplemousse au Poivre — Mezcal, Pamplemousse Rose, Pepper liqueur, Grapefruit bitters, Lemon juice
  • Fall Gimlet — Gin, Pear liqueur, Lime cordial, Lime
  • Old Timer — Bourbon, Jamaican rum, Sweet vermouth, Bénédictine, Peychaud's Bitters, Bitters

Recent Discussion

  • Re Craft Squirrel Sex Manhattan, 6 hours ago happyrobot commented:

    This is our most sold drink on the list.

  • Re Yokosuka'd, 19 hours ago Shawn C commented:

    Is there a specific reason for shaking this rather than stirring?

  • Re Smoke Gets in Your Agav-eyes, 1 day ago indyrob commented:

    Tried as original, subbed out agave for orgeat. Muddled a slice of blood orange and like it better this way.

  • Re Pamplemousse au Poivre, 1 day ago Shawn C commented:

    Curated to include Ehrmann's Elixir de Poivre cordial in the notes. I made the cordial using twice as much szechuan peppercorn as called for. It worked very well in this drink, and if anything I might increase the szechuan pepper again to try to capture some of its numbing essence (which was not apparent in the cocktail.) The cocktail was very good and my wife soon requested another. She is not usually a fan of mezcal drinks, so this was high praise.

  • Re Dreaming of Oaxaca, 2 days ago saxophonenerd commented:

    This is a good drink, but needs more acid in my opinion. I tried the recipe as written and then added some lemon juice which I think really helped. I do suggest trying it as written though because I know many of my friends would have really loved it as-is.