Evan Williams Sour Mash: Whisk(e)y Wednesday presented by Calandro's Supermarket

Evan Williams Sour Mash

In a return to the world of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey, we recently tried the Evan Williams Sour Mash. This charcoal filtered corn elixir put off aromas of charred oak, vanilla, and toasted nuts. Jeremy noticed the corn sweetness and Eric observed some grassy notes to go along with the typical bourbon scent. On taste the whiskey definitely had a grainy and spicy profile with a good burn but nothing too impressive. The strong oak flavors gave the bourbon a stout mouthfeel with a fiery finish. Peppery flavors lingered as the Evan Williams Sour Mash delivered some complexity, but in the end not quite enough of the notes were outstanding. It is a mixable, drinkable whiskey but nothing to be too excited about.

Evan Williams Sour Mash Bourbon

Average Score 53.3

Whisk(e)y Wednesday is a blog post series on Bite and Booze sponsored by Calandro's Supermarket. Calandro's has one of Baton Rouge's best selections of bourbon, Scotch, Irish, and other whisk(e)ys as well as wine and craft beer. This WW feature was scored by Jay Ducote, Eric Ducote, and Jeremy Spikes. Scores are marked for Nose, Taste, Finish, and Balance and Complexity using our own proprietary scoring system. Marks are then added and averaged, leaving us with a final score out of a 100 point scale. Our scale should be looked at on the full range of 0-100 rather than an academic range where 70 is passing and anything less is failing. A 50 should be considered a very mediocre whisk(e)y while anything below 20 is absolute horse piss and anything above 90 is rather extraordinary.

Bite and Booze Radio Show: Donner-Peltier Distillers

Back in February I had the chance to interview Beth Donner and Connie Couchot from the Donner-Peltier Distillers in Thibodaux, Louisiana. We talked about the new artisan distillery movement and the emergency of rum distilleries in Louisiana. We even getting into some specifics about how distilling is done.  Oh, and we ate some King Cake from Calandro's Supermarket, because it was February and we could.  Additionally, Lenny Eckstein called into the radio show to talk about the Deerhammer Downtime Whiskey that he makes in Colorado.

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The Bite and Booze Radio Show presented by Calandro's Supermarket airs on Saturdays at 5 PM on Talk 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge.  It is also available on iTunes.  The show's sponsors include Calandro's Supermarket, Visit Baton Rouge, Slap Ya Mama Cajun Seasoning, Louisiana Cookin' Magazine, Juban's Restaurant, the Tin Roof Brewing Company, and the Louisiana Culinary Institute.

Celebrate the 4th of July with a Food Louisiana Video!

First, happy 4th of July! Gotta love Indepence Day. But rather than supply you with some patriotic nonsense, I figured I'd share this video that just hit YouTube from Food Louisiana on Cox Channel 4. Nils Breckoff produced the feature on the very first The Truck, the Brewer, and the Blogger pop-up dinner with myself, Taco de Paco, and Tin Roof. Check it out, and enjoy your fireworks!

Collingwood: Whisk(e)y Wednesday presented by Calandro's Supermarket

Finally Whisk(e)y Wednesday returns to Canada with a look at Collingwood Blended Canadian Whisky. This seems fitting since I traveled to Toronto recently and part one of my blog post recently hit Visit Baton Rouge's Red Stick Blog. Of course, Canada Day was July 1st, and tomorrow is July 4th and perhaps we should be celebrating American whiskey, but that's alright. Unfortunately, Collingwood did not impress me like the peameal bacon sandwich from the Carousel Bakery at the St. Lawrence Market. The nose carried plenty of maple syrup flavors with hints of sawdust or wood pulp, as Taco Bell would call it. On the lips, you taste the stank. The whisky is smooth, but it is far from good. Jeremy described the taste as a terrible medicinal nightmare. To me it had an essence of a sweet and sour sauce that went wrong. On the finish to continues to be pretty lackluster. There might be some complexity in the variety of off-putting flavors, but the balance certainly is not there. If you bought this whisky expecting some Canadian gold, I hope you kept the receipt. This one, aside from the decently cool bottle, is not even worth having in the collection.

Collingwood Blended Canadian Whisky

Average Score 42.33

Whisk(e)y Wednesday is a blog post series on Bite and Booze sponsored by Calandro's Supermarket. Calandro's has one of Baton Rouge's best selections of bourbon, Scotch, Irish, and other whisk(e)ys as well as wine and craft beer. This WW feature was scored by Jay Ducote, Eric Ducote, and Jeremy Spikes. Scores are marked for Nose, Taste, Finish, and Balance and Complexity using our own proprietary scoring system. Marks are then added and averaged, leaving us with a final score out of a 100 point scale. Our scale should be looked at on the full range of 0-100 rather than an academic range where 70 is passing and anything less is failing. A 50 should be considered a very mediocre whisk(e)y while anything below 20 is absolute horse piss and anything above 90 is rather extraordinary.

Bite and Booze Radio Show: Seasoned Smoke

The Bite and Booze Radio Show presented by Calandro's Supermarket turned its attention to barbecue this week with the help of Darryl Holliday from Seasoned Smoke.  I recently tried one of his products on a brisket and it worked out so well that I wanted to have him on the show.  Join in the fun as Darryl and I talk a little about the science of barbecue and offer some tips for those summer cookouts!

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The Bite and Booze Radio Show presented by Calandro's Supermarket airs on Saturdays at 5 PM on Talk 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge.  It is also available on iTunes.  The show's sponsors include Calandro's Supermarket, Visit Baton Rouge, Slap Ya Mama Cajun Seasoning, Louisiana Cookin' Magazine, Juban's Restaurant, the Tin Roof Brewing Company, and the Louisiana Culinary Institute.