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Great news, you can now buy whiskey flavored with beaver secretion
Takeout.com ^ | 6/12/18 | Allison Shoemaker

Posted on 06/12/2018 6:59:18 PM PDT by Rebelbase

Castoreum is a yellowish, strong-smelling secretion that comes from the castor sacs found near the base of a beaver’s tail. It’s an FDA-approved food additive, and hey, you can now get whiskey that’s flavored with the stuff.

That knowledge comes courtesy of this piece from Food & Wine’s Mike Pomranz, which spotlights a nice little beaver musk whiskey made by Tamworth Distilling of New Hampshire. Fear not, castoreum is an FDA-approved food additive. That’s actually how this spirit came about. Tamworth’s team was looking to develop a new spirit, and in hopes of securing a speedy all-clear from the Alcohol And Tobacco Tax And Trade Bureau, they went straight to the FDA’s list of ingredients that are already considered safe. Castoreum understandably caught their attention.

Tamworth’s head distiller, Steven Grasse, said in a statement provided to Food & Wine that “there was a time when it was ubiquitous and used widely as a flavoring agent and in perfume… I was curious what would it taste like in one of our unreleased bourbons from Tamworth Distilling—so we tried it, and it worked beautifully.”

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TOPICS: Education; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: alcohol; castoreum; leaveittobeaver; whiskey; yuck
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Have at it.
1 posted on 06/12/2018 6:59:18 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

Keep it clean. Well, I guess that’s asking a lot.


2 posted on 06/12/2018 7:00:47 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Rebelbase

Here for the humor that is sure to follow.


3 posted on 06/12/2018 7:01:34 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: Rebelbase

It’s used as a vanilla replacement in a lot of food like ice cream.


4 posted on 06/12/2018 7:01:52 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: Rebelbase

Don’t give a dam.


5 posted on 06/12/2018 7:01:58 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Rebelbase

Finally.


6 posted on 06/12/2018 7:02:28 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Rebelbase

Posted here for only 1 reason.


7 posted on 06/12/2018 7:05:09 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA/KAG!!!)
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To: Rebelbase

I wonder what the oil from dog’s anal glands tastes like, not!


8 posted on 06/12/2018 7:05:53 PM PDT by WMarshal (Molon Labe!)
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To: Rebelbase

No need. I can pick my own ummm, beavers here in L.A. Complete with cougars and every wild animal you can ummm, enjoy. (cough)


9 posted on 06/12/2018 7:06:05 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: Rebelbase

No need. I can pick my own ummm, beavers here in L.A. Complete with cougars and every wild animal you can ummm, enjoy. (cough)


10 posted on 06/12/2018 7:06:09 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Posted here for only 1 reason.

Yup. The old Leslie Nielsen photo of him holding the library ladder

11 posted on 06/12/2018 7:06:36 PM PDT by llevrok (Established 1950.)
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To: Phillyred

It may taste like vanilla, but does it smell like fish?


12 posted on 06/12/2018 7:07:06 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (It's Ok to be white.)
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To: Rebelbase

Nothing to raise a stink over.

Dam. Just dam.


13 posted on 06/12/2018 7:07:34 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: Phillyred

“It’s used as a vanilla replacement in a lot of food like ice cream.”

[COUGH! CHOKE!] What did you say!?


15 posted on 06/12/2018 7:07:49 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: All

I’ve been waiting for this moment all of my life. I am glad to have witnessed it. I can now die happy.


16 posted on 06/12/2018 7:08:11 PM PDT by BipolarBob (All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.)
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To: RegulatorCountry; Constitution Day

Any reason to post the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYDfwUJzYQg


17 posted on 06/12/2018 7:09:38 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Tagline disabled.)
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To: Phillyred

I did not need to know that!


18 posted on 06/12/2018 7:09:40 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: Rebelbase


19 posted on 06/12/2018 7:09:58 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: Ken H

Artificial raspberry flavor is made with beaver butt secretion.

That’s why I don’t eat raspberry flavored anything anymore.


20 posted on 06/12/2018 7:11:17 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Tagline disabled.)
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