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Owensboro Sour Cocktail
“Dinner comes with a cocktail dubbed the Owensboro Sour, and it’s made from smoked and juiced Arkansas black apples mixed with bourbon that is bonded or above proof. ‘Use fresh lemon juice, a spiced simple syrup, and shake it all over ice.’”
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Savory Chicory and Country Ham Salad
Like Mozart dictating to Salieri, ideas spilled out of him in erratic bursts. ‘ I want a salad of raw chicory, grilled red onion rings, roasted kabocha squash, minced cooked country ham and fresh lemon juice…No dressing needed, since the salad gets served with the lamb and its sauce.’
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Basque Cheesecake
“The meal’s surprising coda will be a Basque Cheesecake based on a recipe he learned in Spain. As if reading the recipe in the canopy of maple leaves overhead, he recalled ‘a savory cheesecake with goat cheese, blue cheese, mascarpone and cream cheese…”
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Hot Toddy: Orchard Toddy
A cider toddy with a bit of maple syrup, lemon juice, and a dram of your favorite whiskey is extraordinary, yet easy to make at home.
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Boulangerie Potatoes Gratin
“Boulangerie Potatoes Au Gratin is the perfect starch for the lamb and salad in a single bowl.” –Chef Newman Miller
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Smoked and Braised Lamb Shanks and Smoked Apple Juice
‘For the entrée, I want lamb shanks, the tough cuts,’ he said, arms outstretched as if grasping the animal. Instructions for cold smoking the lamb follow quickly: ‘Use barrel bungs, ideally, light them, let them burn briefly, then blow out the fire to create about 90 minutes of billowing, cold smoke.’
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Old Fashioned: Fireside Chat
My first test of a new simple syrup is always an Old Fashioned. For this version, I prefer smoked cinnamon bitters and ginger bitters to bring out the orange and clove flavors in the simple syrup and bourbon, but orange and Angostura would also work.
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Whiskey Sour: Autumn’s Perfect Sour
If you love whiskey sours in the summer, you can easily adjust the cocktail to fall flavors with the use of spiced syrups. You can also add half an ounce of apple brandy. High-quality apricot and pear brandies also boost seasonal flavors.
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Spice-Infused Simple Syrups
There’s nothing like the light, warming burn of a bourbon cocktail with a long finish to heat up a chilly autumn night, especially when you’re sitting by a roaring fire.
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Lean into the Barrel: Tom Cat Old Fashioned
The Tom Cat Old Fashioned is a top-three cocktail at our distillery bar because so many enjoy the familiarity of flavor that barrel aging provides the spirit, while also experiencing the nuance that the gin brings to the cocktail.”
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