Show Notes #496: The Weekender CI

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  • Cheryl's Recipe Corner!
  • Slow-Cooker Bourbon Cocktail Sausages
  • Description
    • We are rolling up on the Super Bowl, which typically involves party and tons of snacky foods!  Here is a great, easy-to-keep-warm dish for that party!
  • Ingredients
    • 1 lb smoked sausage, cut diagonally into 3/4-inch slices
    • 1 bottle (12 oz) chili sauce
    • 1/3 cup bourbon
    • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
    • 2 tablespoons grated onion
  • Directions
    • Heat 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; add sausage. Cook about 2 minutes on each side or until browned. Drain on paper towels. Spray 3-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In slow cooker, mix chili sauce, bourbon, brown sugar and onion. Add sausage; stir to coat. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 3 hours or until sauce is slightly thickened. Serve sausage with toothpicks.
  • Cheryl's Mixed Drink Corner
  • Gold Rush
  • Description
    • How about a light bourbon cocktail to go with the BBQ sausages?
  • Ingredients
    • 2 ounces bourbon
    • 3/4 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
    • 3/4 ounce honey syrup
    • Garnish: lemon twist
  • Honey Syrup
    • Use equal parts VERY hot water and honey and stir until the honey is dissolved.  If you want it with a more pronounced honey taste, feel free to use more honey. Add the bourbon, honey syrup, and lemon juice into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled rocks glass over one large ice cube. Garnish with a lemon twist.
  • Russ's Drink Corner
  • Bib & Tucker Small Batch Bourbon
  • Description
    • Like the turn of the century that inspired it, boldness and refinement come together to create a bourbon that’s meant to be raised in celebration. Aged for a minimum of 6 years in new American white oak barrels to produce unparalleled smoothness. This is a sourced whiskey but bottled and branded in-housproduced by the Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits company, the same company that produces Yellow Tail wine and Redemption and Masterson’s whiskies. Founded in 1981 by Bill Deutsch, the company was originally formed to import a handful of French wines for sale in the United States. Since then, the company has grown to represent numerous wine brands and has expanded into spirits, creating in-house developed brands using sourced spirits from other distilleries.
  • Details
    • Mashbill: At least 51% corn, otherwise undisclosed
    • Proof: 92 (46% ABV)
    • Region: Tennessee
    • Color: Deep amber
    • Nose: Caramel, acetone, vanilla, sweet dry hay, sandalwood, mace
    • Taste: Nuts, vanilla, pepper, banana, sour apple, general sweetness
    • Finish: Burnt caramel, vanilla, black pepper
    • Price: $50 (750ml)
    • Rating: 80
  • Bill's Whatever Corner
  • Dancing Goat Distillery Limousin Rye
    • Many sourced ryes share the same mash bill as Limousin Rye, but that’s where the similarities cease. We recycle used bourbon barrels to age this whiskey because it allows nuanced flavors to subtly stand out instead of being overwhelmed by tannin. Our primary barrel finishing process uses a Limousin Oak solera to impart exceptionally high levels of vanillin to our blend, then we use an extended secondary barrel finish to build depth in our bouquet. Notes of nutmeg, clove, cream, caramel, cola, and citrus intensify during this slow proof process. We don’t make it because it’s easy, we do it because you deserve it.
  • Details
    • Type: Rye
    • ABV: 46% +-
    • Region: Wisconsin
    • Price: $40

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