The Astor Center is the event space of Astor Wine & Spirits which is located at 399 Lafayette Street in Manhattan. Throughout the year they hold all sorts of spirits, cocktails and wine events and classes at the Center.
On February 17th they held their 10th annual Bacon & Bourbon event. It was a walk-around tasting of over 60 All-American whiskey that was accompanied by copious amounts of bacon and bacon infused snacks (including ice cream). Many of the well-known whiskey companies were in attendance pouring their small production (and expensive) specialty whiskey as well as smaller not as well known producers many of which produced proprietary whiskey for Astor. The event was open to the consumer and there were two sessions. I attended the afternoon session and it was a nice way to spend a snowy afternoon.
Some of what I sampled:
Jim Beam Masterpiece Bourbon
Jim Beam Single Barrel Bourbon
Maker’s Mark Astor Private Select Bourbon
Knob Creek 25th Anniversary Cask Strength Single Barrel (121°-125°)
Wild Turkey Rare Breed Bourbon
Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit Bourbon
Booker’s Sip Awhile’ Small Batch Bourbon
Four Roses Astor Cask Strength Single Barrel Bourbon (122.2°)
Smooth Ambler Contradiction Bourbon
Barrell Bourbon Batch #12 Bourbon
Barrell Bourbon Full Proof Astor Barrel (126° 174 bottles produced)
Black Dirt Bourbon
Black Dirt Single Barrel Bourbon
Charles Medley 12yr Old Kentucky Bourbon
Kings County Distillery Peated Bourbon
Balcones Brimstone Smoked Corn Whisky
Balcones Texas Old Single Malt Whisky
Pikesville Straight Rye
Potrero Single Malt Straight Rye
A.D. Laws Straight Rye
A.D. Laws Bottled In Bond Rye
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