Buy This: Bittermilk

 

My family always jokes about me never reading. It's true, many nights I'd rather sit in front of the TV and catch up on some shows (I recently took a dive into Breaking Bad, once the series ended). I recently purchased the "Southerner's Handbook" from the Editors of Garden and Gun magazine. AMAZING! I'm also an avid reader of Garden and Gun, and lets be honest, I read a ton of blogs..

Garden and Gun recently concluded the 4th Annual Made in the South Awards. These awards cover a variety of categories such as:

1. Food
2. Drink
3. Style & Design
4. Home
5. Outdoors

I decided to check out the winners and see if anything sparked my interest. Boy did it! I loved all of the winners, but the drink category definitely caught my eye. Now, we all know that I enjoy my drinks. I have a healthy relationship with bourbon and LOVE the fact that there is a private bourbon bar in Chapel Hill, NC called The Crunkleton that I'm able to frequent.

I digress.

The winner of the drink category was Bittermilk.

"Bittermilk compounds are designed for the modern day cocktail enthusiast, to help mix up unique, quality cocktails following a simple ratio of Bittermilk to your choice of spirit. Each of our products use a bittering agent, a sweetener, and an acid to achieve a balanced cocktail. The labor is in the bottle."

Life changed.

Bittermilk currently has three compounds available. Smoked Honey Whiskey Sour, Tom Collins with Elderflower & Hops, and my personal favorite Bourbon Barrel Aged Old Fashioned.

If we are being completely honest, my love of Old Fashioneds sprang from Don Draper drink countless glasses of this concoction. Finding a bartender that can make a decent one is harder than it should be. Bittermilk solves this problem. Simply add a couple of spoonfuls of their compound to a glass of your favorite rye or bourbon and BAM! Old Fashioned.

So, ditch your old college home-bar consisting of nothing but empty bottles you think look cool, stock up with the real stuff, and add some Bittermilk to your arsenal. I've already ordered a few bottles for mine!

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