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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Keep it clean. Well, I guess that’s asking a lot.
Here for the humor that is sure to follow.
It’s used as a vanilla replacement in a lot of food like ice cream.
Don’t give a dam.
Finally.
Posted here for only 1 reason.
I wonder what the oil from dog’s anal glands tastes like, not!
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)
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)
Yup. The old Leslie Nielsen photo of him holding the library ladder
It may taste like vanilla, but does it smell like fish?
Nothing to raise a stink over.
Dam. Just dam.
“It’s used as a vanilla replacement in a lot of food like ice cream.”
[COUGH! CHOKE!] What did you say!?
I’ve been waiting for this moment all of my life. I am glad to have witnessed it. I can now die happy.
I did not need to know that!
Artificial raspberry flavor is made with beaver butt secretion.
That’s why I don’t eat raspberry flavored anything anymore.
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