130

Craft vs. Mass Produced Spirits

Bartender Journey Podcast number 130

·     
Can you really taste the difference between mass
produced and craft spirits?  I tend
to think that in many cases you can…most especially in Gin and Rye
Whiskey.  We’ll talk with Nick
Yoder from Journeyman Distillery in Michigan.

·     
MGP Ingredients, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana is a
commercial distillery which since 1941 has been offering alcohol for wholesale
purchase.  Some brands purchase
spirits from MGP and bottle it under their own brand name, (sometimes barrel
aging &/or other additional processes before bottling).

·     
A Chicago man successfully
filed a class-action lawsuit against Templeton Prohibition Era Rye Whiskey
for deceptive practices.

·     
Book of the Week:  The Negroni, Drinking to La Dolce Vita, with  Recipes & Lore by Gary ‘gaz’ Regan

·     
Cocktail of the Week:  Rosemary Salted Negroni:

o   Toast
fresh Rosemary and Sea Salt in a pan until the Rosemary releases it fragrance.  Discard Rosemary.

o   Using
a sliver of Grapefruit, moisten the rim of an Old Fashioned glass.  Dip glass into prepared Rosemary Salt
to rim the glass.

o   Add
ice to glass, (ideally one large hand cut ice cube).

o   In
a mixing glass add:

§ 
1 ¼ oz Gin, (I used Journeyman Distillery’s
Bilberry Black Heart Gin)

§ 
1 oz Sweet Vermouth, (I used Martinez Lacuesta
from Spain

§ 
1 oz Campari

§ 
Ice

o   Stir
and strain into prepared glass

·     
On the subject of Craft, during Tales 2015 distiller
Chip Tate said during one of the seminars “I love Craft.  What is it??!”  He talks about how it started with beer
and the eat local movements.  He
talked about his barrels and how he checks each & every one personally when
it arrives and he says he “learns things from his barrels”.

 

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We also have audio from Tales Of The Cocktail
2015 – we chat with Marco Montefiori, US Market Manager for Amaro Montenegro.   Recipes from Amaro Montenegro’s
event at Tales of the Cocktail 2015:

 

·      Monte
Manhattan

-       
2 oz.
Amaro Montenegro

-       
1 oz.
Sweet Vermouth

-       
2 oz.
Prosecco

-       
1 oz.
Gin

-       
Orange
Bitters

-       
Orange
Peel



·     
Montenegroni

-        1.5
oz. Amaro Montenegro

-       
1.5
oz. Rye Whiskey

-       
A
Splash of Maraschino Liqueur

-       
Garnish
with 3 Brandied Cherries

The Monte Mule

-       
2 oz.
Amaro Montenegro

-       
1 oz.
Lime Juice

-       
1.5 oz.
Vodka

-       
.25
oz. Peach Liqueur

-       
3 oz.
Ginger Beer-        Mint Sprig·     
Toast of
the Week:  Here’s to alcohol,
the rose colored glasses of life.  —F. Scott Fitzgerald