Litchfield
Distillery located in Litchfield, Connecticut is
known for its exceptional bourbons, as well as their other
small batch spirits. Their Litchfield Distillery Maple Bourbon
Whiskey is the perfect taste of New England as it starts
out as Litchfield Distillery Straight Bourbon that is then aged
in retired bourbon barrels that a local sugar maker aged his maple syrup in,
so there are layers of luscious flavors with delightful maple notes.
Product Information:
Litchfield Distillery Maple Bourbon Whiskey is made from a delectable
blend of locally grown corn, rye, and barley. This tasty bourbon took home a
Bronze Medal ADI Craft Spirits 2020 award. It is 43% alcohol by volume (86 proof),
and each bottle proudly bears its handwritten bottle and batch numbers on the
front of the bottle. Our bottle number was 298, Batch 17. Litchfield Distillery
Maple Bourbon retails for $47.99 for a 750 ml bottle. Litchfield Distillery Maple
Bourbon is presented in a beautifully designed tall bottle with an amber label proudly
bearing their logo of a batcher rolling a barrel and a black wax covered
stopper.
Bottle notes: "A
local sugar maker ages their craft maple syrup in our retired bourbon barrels.
After the syrup is produced, the barrels return home to the Batchers' who
promptly refill them with Straight Bourbon. The result is a smooth bourbon that
highlights the maple's sweet and complex character." To our way of
thinking, this process truly defines the meaning of a product coming full
circle.
Tasting Notes: The
color is a rich, burnished amber color. The nose elicits lovely sweet maple
notes. On the palate, the rich bourbon flavor is rounded out with maple notes
for a delectably long and lingering finish. This bourbon is an outstanding
sipping bourbon that is very nice with a little water to open up its notes or
used in cocktail or 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 Litchfield
Distillery Straight Bourbon.
Luxury Experience - Litchfield
Distillery Maple Bourbon Cocktail and Culinary Menu
The Cocktail Menu
Luxury Experience - Maple
Bourbon Chai Latte
Luxury Experience - Autumn
Leaves
Luxury Experience - Maple
Sparkler
The Culinary Menu
Luxury Experience - Maple
Bourbon Pumpkin Pie
with Gingersnap Crust
Cocktail Recipes
Luxury Experience - Maple Bourbon Chai Lattte - Spirited coffee drinks are always
an elegant way to end an evening of fine dining, however why should coffee have
all the fun and not tea? We created Luxury Experience - Maple Bourbon Chai
Latte with TAZO Organic Chai (a rich robust blend of
black tea, cinnamon, cardamon, black pepper and spices), Litchfield
Distillery Maple Bourbon, Unsweetened Almond Milk, sweetened with Trees Knees Spicy Maple (maple syrup with a spicy blend
of chile peppers), topped with cappuccino foam., and served in a snifter glass.
Lightly dusted with cinnamon powder and garnished with a cinnamon stick, Luxury
Experience - Maple Bourbon Chai Latte is an easy to drink, easy to love way
to end an evening. Perfect as a hot after dinner drink, this also works well
served over ice as a delightful summer drink.
Luxury Experience - Maple
Bourbon Chai Latte
Yield: 1Cocktail
Glass Used: Snifter Glass
Cocktail Ingredients:
2
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Ounces
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4
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Ounces
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Hot TAZO
Chai, (1 teabag in 8 ounces water)
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1
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Ounce
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Almond
Milk, unsweetened
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3
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Teaspoons
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Trees Knees
Spicy Maple
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Cappuccino
Foam
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Cinnamon
Powder, Cinnamon Stick, garnish
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Method for the Cocktail: Bring
8 ounces of water to a boil. Add TAZO Chai teabag. Steep for 5 minutes.
In a mixing glass, add the
Litchfield Distillery Maple Bourbon, TAZO Chai, almond milk, and Trees Knees
Spicy Maple. Stir to combine. Pour into a snifter glass, generously top with
cappuccino foam (use skim milk to create the foam as almond milk does not
froth), lightly dust with cinnamon powder and garnish with a cinnamon stick.
Luxury Experience - Autumn
Leaves celebrates the flavors of autumn and is made with Litchfield
Distillery Maple Bourbon, Westford
Hill Distillers Aged Apple Brandy, cider, cranberry juice,
orange juice, and Fee
Brothers Cranberry Bitters. Garnish with an orange peel wrapped
cinnamon stick and float 3 cranberries on the ice. While the autumn leaves in
New England only don their spectacular colors of reds, oranges, and golds for a
short time, Luxury Experience - Autumn Leaves will help you celebrate
throughout the season!
Luxury Experience - Autumn
Leaves
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Glass Used: Rocks Glass
Cocktail Ingredients:
1.0
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Ounce
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1.0
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Ounce
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0.75
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Ounce
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Cider
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0.75
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Ounce
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Cranberry
Juice
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0.55
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Ounce
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Orange
Juice
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3
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Dashes
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3
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Fresh
Cranberries, garnish
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1
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Orange
Peel, garnish
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1
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Stick
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Cinnamon,
garnish
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Method for the cocktail: Mix all ingredients in a mixing glass. Pour
into an ice filled rocks glass. Garnish with a cinnamon stick wrapped with an
orange peel. Float 3 cranberries on the ice.
Luxury Experience - Maple
Sparkler - Cava cocktails are an easy and
elegant way to dress up a party and add a festive touch to any occasion. Luxury
Experience - Maple Sparkler begins with VARA Silverhead Brut Cava Método Tradicional, adds
Litchfield Distillery Maple Bourbon, and a maple sugar candy sprinkled with 3
dashes of Fee Brothers
Whiskey Barrel-Aged Bitters placed in the bottom of a flute glass.
Break out your best party outfit or your favorite LBD to enjoy this cocktail.
Luxury Experience - Maple
Sparkler
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Glass Used: Flute
Cocktail Ingredients:
2.5
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Ounces
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0.75
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Ounce
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1
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Maple
Sugar Candy
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3
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Dashes
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Method for the Cocktail: Add the ingredients in order given to a flute
glass. Enjoy!
Culinary Recipes
Luxury Experience - Maple
Bourbon Pumpkin Pie with Gingersnap Crust -To celebrate autumn, pumpkins, and
maple syrup, we created Luxury Experience - Maple Bourbon Pumpkin Pie with
Gingersnap Crust, which has Litchfield Distillery Maple Bourbon in
the pumpkin custard and is garnished with LD Maple Bourbon whipped cream for an
ultra-decadent finish. The store-bought gingersnap cookies used in the crust
make pie-making super easy even for novice bakers. Perfect for the autumn
season and Thanksgiving, we think this recipe will become a favorite.
Luxury Experience - Maple
Bourbon Pumpkin Pie with Gingersnap Crust
Servings: 10-12
10-inch (25-cm) pie plate
needed
Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees
Fahrenheit (218 degrees Celsius)
Gingersnap Crust Ingredients:
2
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Cups
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Gingersnap
cookies, finely crushed
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4
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Tablespoons
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Butter
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Method for the Crust: Add
the finely crushed gingersnap cookies and butter to a food processor and
process until the crumbs stick together.
Note: Finely grind some extra
cookies to scatter on the plate for presentation.
Lightly spray your pie plate with vegetable
oil so that you can easily cut and remove the pie from the pie plate. Evenly
press the crumb mixture over the bottom and sides of the pie plate. Place a
piece of plastic wrap over the crumb mixture, place another pie plate on top
and lightly but firmly press down to create a firm crust. Remove top pie plate
and refrigerate crust while you make the filling.
Pumpkin Filling Ingredients:
2
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Large
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Eggs
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2
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Cups
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Cooked Pumpkin (canned)
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0.75
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Cup
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Sugar
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0.5
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Teaspoon
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Salt
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1
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Teaspoon
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Cinnamon
Powder
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1
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Teaspoon
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Ginger
Powder
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1.5
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Cups
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Evaporated
Milk
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1
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Ounce
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Method for the Pumpkin Filling:
Add eggs to a large bowl and beat using a whisk. Add the rest of the
ingredients and stir until thoroughly combined. Pour into prepared gingersnap
crust. Cut a piece of aluminum foil and lightly wrap around edges of the pie so
the crust does not get too brown.
Important Note for Baking:
As the filling is a custard, you start the baking process at 425 degrees
Fahrenheit (218 degrees Celsius) for 15 minutes.
Reduce the temperature to 350
degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius) for the balance of the time,
approximately 20 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
Baking time will vary according to size of pie plate used.
Remove pie from the oven and cool
on a baking rack. Chill for several hours in the refrigerator before serving.
Maple Bourbon Whipped Cream
Ingredients:
0.5
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Cup
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Heavy Cream
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2
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Tablespoons
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2
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Tablespoons
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Maple
Syrup
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Method: Chill metal bowl. Using
an electric mixer, beat the heavy cream in the metal bowl until soft peaks form.
Add the bourbon and the maple syrup and finish whipping cream until firm.
Presentation: Pipe (or
spoon) whipped cream on the pie or on individual slices. Scatter remaining
finely gingersnaps on each of the plates alongside the slice of pie.
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!
Background Information on "The
Batchers of Litchfield Distillery" - David, Jack, and Peter Baker

David, Jack, Peter
The Bakers - David, Jack, and
Peter, grew up in Connecticut in the water bottling business, bringing Crystal
Rock water to discerning consumers for three generations. With their dedicated
family-business focus they launched Litchfield Distillery in the heart of the northwest
of Connecticut's beautiful farm country, where they craft their exceptional
line of bourbons, vodka, and gin in small batches from the best of locally
sourced ingredients from the area's farms. Litchfield Distillery - The
Spirit of Hard Work.
Litchfield Distillery
Exceptional Product Line includes: Bourbons, Rye, Vodkas, and Gin.
Read about other Litchfield
Distillery products with more great Luxury Experience's Culinary and
Cocktail Recipes in the Liquor Cabinet section.
For more information on Litchfield
Distillery Maple Bourbon, purchasing their products, or visiting them in Litchfield,
Connecticut, please call them at +1-860-361-6503 or visit their website:
www.LitchfieldDistillery.com
Litchfield Distillery
569 Bantam Road
Litchfield, Connecticut 06759
United States
Telephone: +1-860-361-6503
Website: www.LitchfieldDistillery.com
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