store, the two bottles were placed next to each other. It looks like the new colors of the SINFIRE label are less bright. The orange is subdued. Something happened. Because the original FIREBALL and SINFIRE labels did not appear similar to me, I worry that it would be easy to inadvertently create a label that would appear to be similar to an existing label. As I think about our efforts to find a method and formula for our whiskey, I think of the steps forward and backward. We have tried grinding our grain differently, sparging differently, fermenting differently, and changing time, temperature and yeast. We now have a consultant for our whiskey, Mike Nicolson, who is a master distiller from Scotland, and we are taking big steps forward.
Before we met Mike, a year of experimentation had
passed, and we have batches of dubious whiskey in our storage. After the shopping expeditions and taste tests, I look at cinnamon whiskey differently and I am tempted to re-distill that dubious whiskey with a true Ceylon cinnamon. I love the smell and taste of true Ceylon cinnamon, and I do love Hot Tamales, but those Hot Tamales won’t find a home in my whiskey.
Jan Morris owns and distills at The Hardware Distillery Co. with her husband Chuck. They are located in Hoodsport, WA. For more info visit www.thehardwaredistillery.com or call (206) 300-0877.
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