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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This is great news for me as a Canadian! All this time I’ve had to nurse two bottles, one whiskey and the other being beaver secretions. It never occurred to me to simply mix them together because I’m from Quebec. Anyone know where one could find beaver secretions in the Philadelphia area? Eh?
“Don’t give a dam.”
That was pretty dam good I must say.
I got a Beaver in my trap line once. They really stink! My Briard went nutz!
Two centuries ago, mountain men baited their beaver traps with that stuff. I’ve seen some beaver dams on Admiralty Island that were mind blowing in size and amount of work performed.
>>Keep it clean. Well, I guess that’s asking a lot.<<
What in the heck are we supposed to do? Quote the talented but sadly passed Leslie Nielsen?
Little known fact; the Hoover dam was built in part by drunk Canadian beavers.
This thread is doooooomed.
My wife is wondering why I’m laughing out. That is funny. Thanks.
Whiskey and Beaver. Accept no substitutes.
Whiskey mixed with beaver secretions. I have had it before.Some of my most memorable hangovers have tasted like that.
Near the base of the tail, LOL...
Beaverass Whiskey.
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Ummm boy!
Nothin like beaver squeezins..
Leaving aside all the other questions raised by this news, one wonders whose job it is to do the extracting from the animals. It is a very personal task, and beavers come ready to ably defend themselves.
It is a dirty job for Mike Rowe to explore.
It’s been around for awhile. Surprised you have never seen it before. It always ends up on Beaver threads.
A friend of a friend is a veterinary assistant and has to express the glands of a lot of dogs that come into her office.
Some breeds are prone to those things clogging up.
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