The mixture is strained through a fine-mesh sieve, then a coffee filter (which may take several hours) until the resulting whiskey is flavorful but translucent.įat washing adds both flavor and mouthfeel to a spirit.
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In fat washing, a food product full of fat, like peanut butter, bacon fat, or browned butter is combined with whiskey, left to sit for a few hours, then moved to a freezer for 24 hours until the solids from the fat have frozen at the top of the container. Combining those together is a natural match. Many bourbons and whiskies have nutty notes – both in the nose and flavor. Back before you could buy pb-flavored liqueur already made, bartenders and mixologists were using a process called fat washing to combine the delicious, nutty beauty that is peanut butter with bourbon and whiskey. With flavored whiskies all the rage lately (ostensibly to convert current vodka and liqueur drinkers to whiskey drinkers), it’s useful to consider how we got here.
(Post may contain affiliate links.) What is Peanut Butter Whiskey? I’m writing this article for everyone else who’s ended up at home with a bottle sitting nearly full on their bar wondering how best to use it.
And while Skrewball peanut butter whiskey is perhaps the best-known example of the peanut-flavored whiskies, it’s not the only one. But a small sip of a sample and the cocktail lover in me grabbed a bottle to go home and get my cocktail game on. Jump to Recipe Print Recipe Peanut Butter and Jelly CocktailĪs a bourbon geek, I wanted to hate peanut butter whiskey.
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