Fruity Flavors Invade the Whiskey Bottle

[Jono]

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/06/03/prepare-for-battle-fruity-flavors-invade-whiskey-bottle/?test=faces

Prepare for Battle! Fruity Flavors Invade the Whiskey Bottle

By Richard Goldsmith

Published June 02, 2011

| FoxNews.com

Nothing we do not already know but it does look at some of the motivations..

"Bird Dog" Gold medal winner....not sure what competition category it would be in..."flavored whiskey"?

[Gillman]

This is all good (and nice to see Leopold in that list!) but the marriage of fruit and whiskey does go back a long way. Rock and Rye is the old-school version for straight rye and there was, yes, Rock and Bourbon. Drambuie for scotch, Irish Mist for Irish whiskey, etc. The Old-Fashioned Cocktail married fruity and sweet flavors to bourbon. So did mixing bourbon with some types of soda. It's something old re-introduced and that's all to the good because a dash of fruity sweetness goes well with whiskey. If it's too sweet, cut it with a regular whiskey sold by the same, or another, producer. Very easy.

Gary