Head Distiller and Founder
Brandon Collins has been having fun creating new spirits at Continuum
Distilling, in Waterbury, Connecticut. Made with
Connecticut blueberries, Continuum Distilling Blueberry ContinuRum
is hands down delicious! Made from 100% blackstrap molasses and lots of fresh
blueberries, it is easy to drink, and easy to love. Blueberry ContinuRum works
well sipped over ice, used in cocktails, or to add a little extra flavor and a
kick to culinary recipes! Cheers!
Product Information:
Blueberry ContinuRum is a unique craft rum made with 100% blackstrap molasses
and lots of blueberries. 45% alcohol (90 proof), available in 750 ml at $30
bottle.
Bottle notes: "We
are dedicated to distilling exceptional, unique spirits with minimal use of new
raw materials, utilizing re-purposed items/equipment in our process and
limiting our water consumption. Using local breweries' reclaimed materials is
the key to our success in crafting our spirits. Pour yourself a drink and
Maintain the Continuum."
Tasting Notes: Our
bottle of Blueberry ContinuRum was Batch # BB-06. The color is a rich, deep
purple. The nose is aromatic with sweet notes of dark fruit and ripe
blueberries. On the palate, Brandon Collins has captured the essence of ripe
blueberries and harnessed them into a delectable, handcrafted blueberry rum
that is delicious sipped over ice or used in a variety of cocktail and culinary
recipes.
Luxury Experience was "In the
kitchen and behind the bar®" creating some incredibly special handcrafted cocktail
and culinary recipes to tempt your palate and inspire your own creations using Blueberry
ContinuRum.
Luxury Experience - Blueberry
ContinuRum Cocktail and Culinary Menu
The Cocktail Menu
Luxury Experience - The Blue
Diamond
Luxury Experience - Blue
Greyhound Martini
Luxury Experience - Blueblood
The Culinary Menu
Blueberry Ice Cream with
Blueberry Crisp
The Cocktails
Luxury Experience - The Blue
Diamond
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Glass: 4-ounce Flute
Cava (sparkling wine from Spain) cocktails
are an easy and elegant way to dress up a party and add a festive touch to any
occasion. Luxury Experience - The Blue Diamond cocktail takes its name
from the Blueberry ContinuRum, which gives it a gorgeous blue color. As this
cocktail is a "sparkler" we named it in honor of the most famous of the blue
diamonds, the Hope Diamond.
3
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Ounces
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1
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Ounce
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Blueberry
ContinuRum
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1
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Lemon
peel, garnish
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Method: Add the ingredients
in order given to a flute glass.
Luxury Experience - Blue
Greyhound Martini Yield: 1 Cocktail
Glass: Martini Glass
Luxury Experience - Blue
Greyhound Martini is our take on a classic Greyhound cocktail, which
traditionally is made with vodka and grapefruit juice. Our version uses
Blueberry ContinuRum, Extra Dry Vermouth, pink grapefruit juice, and agave for
a tasty cocktail that will have you racing for another!
1.5
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Ounces
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0.25
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Ounce
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Extra
Dry Vermouth
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2.0
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Ounces
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Pink
Grapefruit Juice
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3
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Large
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Fresh
Blueberries, garnish
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Method: Add all ingredients
to a shaker with 4 ice cubes, shake hard and strain into a chilled Martini
glass. Garnish with 3 blueberries on a cocktail skewer.
Luxury Experience - Blueblood
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Glass: Fancy Wine Glass
Luxury Experience - Blueblood
takes its name from Blueberry ContinuRum and Sanpellegrino
Aranciata Rossa (Blood Orange) Italian Sparkling Beverage. Enhanced with
Fees Brothers West Indian Orange
Bitters, this is a very tasty and refreshing cocktail.
Cocktail Ingredients:
1.5
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Ounces
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2.5
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Ounces
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Sanpellegrino
Aranciata Rossa
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3
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Dashes
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Fee
Brothers West Indian Orange Bitters
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1
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Large
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Large
Peel, garnish
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Method: Add ice to fancy
wine glass. In a mixing glass, add all ingredients, stir, and pour over ice.
Garnish with orange peel.
Culinary Recipes
Luxury Experience - Blueberry
Crisp with Spirted Blueberry Ice Cream
Crisps are a favorite New England
dessert, and Luxury Experience - Blueberry Crisp with Spirted Blueberry Ice
Cream uses fresh blueberries, lemon zest, sugar, and Blueberry ContinuRum
in the filling. The topping, where the crisp name comes in, is a delectable
blend of oats, flour, butter, brown sugar, nutmeg as Connecticut is the Nutmeg
state, and Trader Joe's Honey Roasted
Sliced Almonds that is spread evenly over the blueberry filling and baked
in the oven. Served warm with Luxury Experience - Spirted Blueberry Ice Cream,
this dessert is delicious (and spirited) comfort food. Bring on the
antioxidants!
Blueberry Ice Cream Ingredients
- Part 1
1
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Cup
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Dried Blueberries
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3
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Ounces
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Method: Add the dried
blueberries and the Blueberry ContinuRum to a glass jar. Cover and let rest
several days before making the ice cream. Note: Dried blueberries will soak up
the rum and will help keep the ice cream from freezing solidly.
Blueberry Ice Cream Ingredients - Part 2
5
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Cups
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Half & Half (or Light Cream)
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5
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Cups
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Heavy
Cream
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8
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Large
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Eggs
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1.5
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Cups
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Sugar
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2
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Teaspoons
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Vanilla
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Method: Beat eggs and Half
& Half in a large saucepan. Add sugar. Cook over low heat, stirring
constantly until thickened (approximately 12-15 minutes). Mixture should smoothly coat the spoon (do
not boil). Cool, then add vanilla and heavy cream and stir mixture, cover and
refrigerate overnight.
Depending on your ice cream machine
add the Blueberry ContinuRum mixture to the ice cream mixture and pour in
machine or start mixing ice cream mixture in machine for a few minutes and then
add the Blueberry ContinuRum mixture.
Blueberry Crisp Filling
Ingredients
2
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Pints
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Fresh Blueberries
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2
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Tablespoons
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Brown
Sugar
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1
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Teaspoon
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Lemon
Zest
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1
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Ounce
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Crisp Topping Ingredients
4
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Ounces
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Buter
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1
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Cup
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Oats
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1
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Cup
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Flour
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0.5
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Cup
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Brown
Sugar
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0.25
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Teaspoon
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Ground
Nutmeg
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1
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Pinch
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Salt
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0.75
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Cup
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Trader
Joes Honey Roasted Sliced Almonds
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Method: Butter a large and
shallow covered casserole dish. Combine the filling ingredients in a bowl.
Spread the filling over the bottom of the prepared pan.
Add the crisp topping ingredients
to a food processor and process to combine. Press the topping lightly and
evenly over the blueberries. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees
Celsius) until top is golden and blueberries are bubbly, about 30 minutes.
Presentation: Serve crisp
warm topped with Luxury Experience Spirited Blueberry Ice Cream.
We hope that
you enjoy trying Luxury Experience's cocktail and culinary recipes, and that
they inspire you to create your own recipes. Cheers, its cocktail time!
Continuum Distilling Exceptional
Craft Spirits Product Line:
ContinuRum, a unique craft
rum, made with 100% blackstrap molasses. 45% alcohol (90 proof), available in
750 ml at $30 bottle.
Charred, their flagship
"beer whiskey" made from brown ales, stouts & porters. Aged on local wood
staves for a rich toasted flavor. 48% alcohol by volume (96 proof), available
in 375 ml ($30 bottle) and 750 ml ($55) bottles.
Drops, distilled from CT
crafted IPAs, double-distilled and unaged, which gives it its characteristic
"floral, bright and hoppy flavor" with hop forward nose, herbaceous, citrus,
and floral notes. 46% alcohol by volume (92 proof). Drops retails for $35 for a
750 ml bottle.
Read about Continuum Distilling
Drops and Continuum Distilling Charred with more great Luxury
Experience's Culinary and Cocktail Recipes in the Liquor
Cabinet section.

Head Distiller Brandon Collins, Jim Baronowski,
Jason Sobocinski, Tyler Jones, Tom Sobocinski
Background Information on
Continuum Distilling
"Usually distiller's beer is
comprised of only the most basic grains with the purpose of extracting the most
sugar possible to obtain an optimal efficient conversion into alcohol. We discovered that there are multiple steps
in the brewing process where ingredients, such as sugars, fermented out beer
with yeast in suspension, and flavorful solids can all be recouped and
repurposed for distilling. It would be
extremely expensive to attempt to recreate these flavors as beers and distill
them for a spirit, but when these delicious compounds can be utilized using
disposed waste or "trimmings" from the brew process...that is when
sustainability and innovation marry to make something exceptional! Continuum
strives to be resourceful in our process by minimizing our usage of raw
materials, repurposing items/equipment for the distilling and aging process and
limiting our water consumption to produce truly unique and exceptional spirits
with as little footprint as possible."
For more information on Continuum
Distilling, purchasing their products, or visiting them in Waterbury,
Connecticut, please call them at +1-203-725-3291 or visit their website:
www.ContinuumDistilling.com.
Continuum Distilling
2066 Thomaston Avenue (next to Brass
Works Brewing)
Waterbury, Connecticut 06704
United States
Telephone: +1-203-725-3291
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