Today we’re tasting and sharing Litchfield Distillery Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Join us for a quick peek into this craft distillery and to hear what we think about this spirit…
About Litchfield Distillery Straight Bourbon Whiskey
“Our Straight Bourbon Whiskey displays a beautiful amber color and releases wonderful vanilla and butterscotch notes. It has a smooth, balanced taste with a slightly peppery finish. It mixes extremely well in classic cocktails like Old-Fashioned’s, or simply enjoyed neat. Bottled at 92 proof.”
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We call ourselves Batchers in honor of the early farmers of Northwest Connecticut, a region that became known for its ample yield of wheat, corn and barley. Coaxing these crops from the rocky terrain took a certain type of grit and determination.
Today, we take the best our local farmers have to offer and distill fine craft spirits, one batch at a time. They do the growing. We do the batching. And you get a little share in this luscious little section of Connecticut called Litchfield County. Come taste The Spirit of Hard Work®.
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Your hosts for this event, alongside the featured maker, are Suzanne Henricksen, Founder of The Crafty Cask and Evan Rothrock, sommelier, certified cider professional, mixologist, and bespoke wine tour guide.
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Hi there I’m Suzanne
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and this is Evan from The Crafty Cask
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and today we are here to talk to you about
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Litchfield Distillery
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Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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for those of you who don’t know
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Straight Bourbon is an indication of age
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Bourbon doesn’t have any minimum aging requirements
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but Straight Bourbon needs to be
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aged for a minimum of two years
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and while all Bourbon has to be at least 51% corn
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the other 49% can be other grains
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and this particular one is a mix of corn
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rye and barley
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should we take a little sniff yes
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so some distinctive sweetness on the nose
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kind of some honey caramel notes sure
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I get a little banana
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like almost like banana flambe or like a sweetened
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like banana caramelized
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yeah kind of a caramelized banana
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mmm and on the palate
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it packs a like
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spicy punch on the front of my palate
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but then as I continue to let it look in like
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linger in my mouth
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the sweetness really shines through
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it’s a really nice kind of spicy
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sweet thing going on for me
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yeah I’m getting some kind of nuttiness
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um almost uh
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I was like a little
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kind of coffee undercurrent there as well
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um imagine that might be due to the compliments of the
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mash bill with the rye and the barley
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sure yeah now
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the fun thing about Litchfield Distillery is
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they don’t actually call themselves distillers
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they call themselves batchers
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um and that’s an honor of
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the early farmers in northwest Connecticut
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I guess they used to call themselves batches back then
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um and so they are very dedicated
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to sourcing local ingredients
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and taking the best of what they can find locally
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and batching it in small batches
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to bring you a delicious taste of their area
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I can see this going really nicely in uh
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well probably a lot of different
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common whiskey and Bourbon cocktails
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um but I can really appreciate this in
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like a boulevardier
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where you got some of the bitterness of the Campari
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or the aperitif that you’re gonna use
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to offset the sweetness here
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and create a little bit of the underlying spice
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yeah absolutely
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but honestly
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sips straight beautifully as well
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yeah like it really is a nice
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straight sipper
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but it would perform very nicely in cocktails
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and I definitely like things that have a little
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bit of extra spice in cocktails
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and this does have a nice little bit of spice
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considering development yeah
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the balance of sweetness to spice
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and I guess again
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attributing that to the rye yeah
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is really nice in this
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yeah absolutely
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if you wanna give Litchfield Distillery
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Straight Bourbon a try
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we hope you enjoy it as much as we are cheers
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