Goose Island Beer Co, makers of the famed Bourbon County Stout, is taking its love for bourbon a step additional by launching its very personal line of ready-to-drink craft cocktails.
“We prefer to say that our crew is simply as a lot bourbon drinkers as we’re beer drinkers,” says Todd Ahsmann, President, Goose Island Beer Co.
Goose Island brewers have been experimenting and mixing with bourbon barrels for the higher a part of 30 years. Whereas it’s Bourbon County Stour providing makes use of bourbon barrels from well-known manufacturers akin to Previous Forester, Elijah Craig and Blanton’s, the cocktail line will as an alternative makes use of three-year-old bourbon from Midwest Grain Merchandise (MGP), a distillery in Indiana that provides the liquid for numerous massive manufacturers, though these manufacturers typically don’t promote the connection — flip a bottle over and see if it’s distilled in Lawrenceburg, IN to seek out a couple of.
Some large ones embrace: Excessive West Double rye!, WhistlePig Previous World Rye, and Belle Meade Cognac Cask Bourbon.
As for Goose Island’s cocktails, every cocktail is 9.0% ALC / VOL and will probably be $15.99 per 4-pack of 12oz cans.
Right here’s the complete rundown together with descriptions from Ahsmann:
Goose Island Blackberry Smash
Blackberry Smash
Blackberry Smash
Blackberry with bourbon and a contact of mint, fruit-forward, fizzy and simple to like.
- Our Blackberry Smash is our nod to an ideal cocktail sipper. Fruit-forward, fizzy and simple to like. We paired blackberries with a barely spicy, rye bourbon spine and simply sufficient mint to refresh and unwind on an extended afternoon. No must run out to purchase any elements, simply crack these open and luxuriate in.
Goose Island’s Previous Normal Highball
Goose Island
Previous Normal Highball
Mild bubbly bourbon complexity with a contact of bitters, cane sugar and wisps of orange and cherry.
- An Previous Normal is a timeless whiskey cocktail. A real highball has a lightweight, bubbly and refreshing character. We’ve introduced the 2 collectively. Our tackle a highball cocktail begins with the rye bourbon complexity, a contact of bitters, cane sugar and wisp of orange and cherry to spherical it out. So put the stir stick and peeler down, we already made this cocktail for you.
Goose Island’s Whiskey Bitter
Goose Island
Whiskey Bitter
Basic steadiness of bourbon with each lemon and lime and a delicate cherry end.
- If there may be one cocktail to ease your means into the world of bourbon, this is likely to be it. Subtly candy, tart and spicy, but hardly shy. Our riff on a whiskey bitter pays tribute to that basic steadiness with rye bourbon, each lemon and lime, and a delicate maraschino cherry end. No want to attend any longer than you must for this cocktail, it’s able to take pleasure in.
Goose Island’ s canned cocktails will probably be accessible within the Chicagoland space in November.
