Relating to kitchen gear, I subscribe to the Alton Brown philosophy of eschewing “unitaskers” — that’s, devices that solely serve one objective. He claims that his hearth extinguisher is the one unitasker in his kitchen, and he’s nonetheless trying to find one other use for that too.
Whereas I haven’t utterly decluttered my gadget drawer (I actually like my garlic press and oyster knife!), I’m fairly shut. And I share an analogous thought on the subject of spirits: I just like the liquors that fill my cabinets to serve multiple objective.
Until it’s a extremely costly bottle of whiskey or an particularly previous Scotch, I need my spirits to face alone as a sipper or act as an ingredient in multiple cocktail that I prefer to make. (But one way or the other, I’ve ended up with two bottles of Galliano. Anyone obtained a hankering for a bunch of Harvey Wallbangers?)
So after I just lately noticed that Jack Daniel’s was releasing a brand new product, I used to be intrigued to see that it was known as Tennessee Blackberry. Importantly, it doesn’t say “Tennessee Blackberry Whiskey” on the label. Somewhat, the label describes it as “blackberry liqueur blended with Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey,” so principally that is virtually like a cocktail in a bottle. However at 70 proof, that’s a reasonably boozy cocktail.
I acquired a bottle as a pattern and began out my exploration by pouring a snifter of it. That was slightly little bit of a mistake on my half. The aroma of blackberry was undoubtedly dominant, with only a trace of candy banana Jack Black essence. It didn’t scent particularly synthetic, happily, however neither did it remind me of choosing blackberries off a prickly vine in July.
Once more, the error was mine, as a result of it says proper there on the label, “Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Blackberry is greatest served with lemonade, soda, or blended in a cocktail.” Certainly, on the Jack Daniel’s web site, they provide a trio of recipes that couldn’t be less complicated: “Blackberry and Lemonade,” a “Blackberry Smash” with lemon and easy syrup (so principally lemonade), and a “Blackberry and Lemon-Lime Soda.” I’ll simply go forward and say “Sprite.”
So I attempted all three recipes, and I’m disillusioned to say that I waited till mid-August to find my drink of the summer season! I toyed round with the recipes a bit and got here up with a hybrid concoction of two ounces of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Blackberry plus candy lemonade muddled with a handful of giant basil leaves from the bush that’s threatening to take over my raised beds throughout these preferrred Tuscan summer season rising situations we’re experiencing currently.
You may construct this in a tall ice tea glass with ice or shake it in a cocktail tin and pour it into a calming coupe glass if you wish to get all fancy about it. Contemplating this new product falls below the identical model household as Tennessee Honey, Tennessee Apple and Tennessee Hearth, I wouldn’t hassle getting chichi with it. You probably have entry to pebble ice from a high-tech fridge or purchase some Sonic ice on the way in which dwelling from the liquor retailer, I believe that will make it even higher. At an MSRP of $21.99 a bottle, that is going to grow to be a summer season staple!
