Friday, February 14, 2014

APPLEJACK-OFF 2014: Growlers full of apples.

PINKY MIXOLOGY 2014 APPLEJACK-OFF 
JOURNEYMAN DISTILLERY: 
OLD COUNTRY GOODNESS

We have a little bit of supplemental content before moving on to our final Applejack Label.  

In our quest for distilled apple spirits, we have come across some interesting and unique items that fit in a category naught but their very own. Such an item is most certainly the Old Country Goodness, simply called O.C.G., from Journeyman Distillery, located in Three Oaks, Michigan.

We were fortunate enough to be able to talk about this item with Journeyman, and we have found out some interesting things: This is a blend of local cider and a white distillation, steeped and mildly aged with a secret blend of spices. Journeyman guards this secret process quite diligently, so we can just tell you the obvious; O.C.G. clocks in at 10% ABV, similar to our own home-made hard cider, but undoubtedly with different tastes. It is available only at Journeyman Distillery and nowhere else.  They serve it cocktail style (in a pint glass, not some wussy thin little booze-tube) along with Angostura Bitters and cinnamon.  It is also offered in a warmed version for fighting off this winter of the epic polar vortex. If you end up liking it (and let’s face it, who wouldn’t think this is awesome), you can haul home a Growler from the Journeyman tasting room.







Being a considerable distance from Michigan, we haven’t had a chance to actually partake of and enjoy this closely guarded elixir of apply goodness, but it awaits any an age-appropriate traveler at Journeyman Distillery





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