Posted on 06/14/2018 11:35:29 AM PDT by JoeProBono
A New Hampshire distillery is marketing a new craft bourbon containing an unusual flavoring ingredient -- beaver secretion.
Tamworth Distilling and Mercantile announced the release of Eau De Musc, an 88-proof bourbon selling for $65 per 6.7-ounce bottle.
The high-end spirit is flavored in part by scent oils from the castor sacs of beavers from New Hampshire.
"It's aromatic, very distinct. It's leathery, rich, slightly fruity in a non-traditional sense. With the whiskey, it really works in quite well," Tamworth distiller Matt Power told the New Hampshire Union Leader.
The scent oils, known as castoreum, are actually found in a surprising number of products, said beaver trapper Anton Kaska, who supplied the substance to the distillery.
"I'm sure you've had castoreum, you just didn't know it. When you eat something good and you see 'natural flavors,' a lot of time you can thank a trapper," he said.
I wonder if they sell this Bourbon at Beaver Liquors in Vail Valley Colorado.
Or France.
What goes into bourbon and how it’s processed is controlled by law. Deviate one bit and you can’t name it ‘bourbon’. Flavor additives are out of bounds, I believe.
Why? was it not fresh?................or too fresh.....................
That’s where imitation vanilla flavoring comes from.
You know the phrase “Beaver Secretions” is just asking for trouble on this thread...
As they’d say down south, that ‘taint right.
Okay, I looked it up.
It wasn’t ambergris......................
Lucky Fishermen Have Stumbled Across a $3 Million Lump of Whale Vomit :
https://www.sciencealert.com/fisherman-have-just-found-a-us-3-million-lump-of-whale-vomit
Thanks for your posts on ambergris, especially those pictures.
Poor guy, he was unemployed and thought he had found a fortune...................
Yeah, the term "Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey" is triple redundant.
Saw this about a month ago:
“A beaver’s posterior, believe it or not, smells good. Like, really good, according to Joanne Crawford, a wildlife ecologist who told National Geographic that she loves putting her nose down there and breathing it all in. “People think I’m nuts,” she said. “I tell them, ‘Oh, but it’s beavers; it smells really good.’”
“Saw this about a month ago:
“A beaver’s posterior, believe it or not, smells good. Like, really good, according to Joanne Crawford, a wildlife ecologist who told National Geographic that she loves putting her nose down there and breathing it all in. “People think I’m nuts,” she said. “I tell them, ‘Oh, but it’s beavers; it smells really good.’”
RELY?
Is Beaver Butt Really Used To Flavor Your Dessert? Here’s What You Should Know.
All this and no Leslie Nielsen?
People must be slacking today.
(and no, I won’t be buying any)
Smells more like “skunky” to my nose.
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