LCBO Food & Drink Holiday 2024

DOUBLE DUTY

A Splash and a Dash of Bourbon American bourbon has coveted vanilla and caramelized-sugar notes with warm baking spices, and many bottlings have bold aromas and flavours of baked or dried fruits, or a whiff of orange oil and peel. Adding a dash to egg nog, or sipping Old Fashioned and Whisky Sour cocktails, are some popular ways to use bourbon, and a nutty, maple kissed winter syrup makes our holiday-special Cold Weather Fashioneds extra special. In baking, toffee, chocolate and spice notes add a welcome warmth to adults-only crispy rice squares made with vanilla bean and brown butter.

CRAFT EXCELLENCE

Woodford Reserve Distiller’s Select Bourbon LCBO 480624, $55.20 With bright citrusy orange-peel notes on the nose and a spicy finish, this luxe pot-distilled bourbon melds perfectly with citrus garnished cocktails and the flavours of creamy, caramel flavoured desserts.

BOURBON, VANILLA BEAN BROWN BUTTER CRISPY RICE SQUARES P. 191

Maker’s Mark 46 LCBO 225565, $62.45 Orchard-fruit notes from toasted French oak staves used in maturation give soft, caramelly bourbon flavours of tarte tatin and baked pears. Its spice notes are delicate and smooth, for sipping and in recipes.

COLD WEATHER FASHIONED P. 191

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