To spice up our bourbon in the most literal sense, we use a habanero distillate produced in the Black Forest using traditional and artisanal methods of flavour extraction. French spirits firm Pernod Ricard has teamed up with Alexander Stein, creator of Monkey 47 gin, to launch Horse with No Name, a habanero chilli-laced spirit drink made from Bourbon. Also sign me up for newsletters so I can get special offers, recommendations, and expert advice to my inbox!

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The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. To blend the centuries-old distilling expertise of the Black Forest with the traditional production of American whiskey, capturing the best of both worlds. Frank Garcia from GNS Spices in Walnut, California, is credited as the developer of the Red Savina, but the exact methodology he used to select the hottest breeding strains is not publicly known. Whatever the reason, you’ll want to raise a glass of the sweetened amber spirit in a delicious Bourbon Old Fashioned on June 14 as we celebrate the splendor of this great whiskey on National Bourbon Day!

Their heat, flavour, and floral aroma make them a popular ingredient in hot sauces, spicy foods, and of course, our one-of-a-kind distillate. Shortly after tasting, we learned that through distilling, the spicy habanero chili loses their heath. The Old Fashioned is one of the earliest whiskey cocktails in modern record, thought to be developed in the early 1800s. Now back to playing again, it’s up to you to imagine whether we go outside or go tilting a virtual machine. Like the cowboy on his horse, riding through the lonely desert, while unaware of being part of a wild environment of lights, sounds and colours.

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Instead, he let his creativity run riot in the depths of the Black Forest and founded a new company, The Horse’s Spirit Company. The spirit drink combines a straight Bourbon, aged for four years in toasted American oak, with a distillate made from Red Savina habanero chillies grown in the Black Forest in Germany.This Bourbon is made with yellow dent Texas corn, soft red winter wheat, six-row distillers malt and a proprietary yeast strain that was captured from . Prior to Distillation, the habaneros are thoroughly milled and then macerated in molasses-based neutral alcohol for about ten days. It takes a little something others don´t have; something that defines uniqueness and the constant pursuit of it. Coming back to magical equation we mentioned earlier, we infuse our bourbon with the habanero spirit that’s distilled right here at our Black Forest farmstead. Following maceration (that is, steeping plant materials in alcohol), the result is carefully distilled in a 100-litre still, diluted with natural spring water and finally left to mellow in earthenware tanks for several months.