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More recently, still-strength expressions have started to gain traction in the U.S., especially as consumers have embraced the potent qualities of overproof whiskeys and rums.
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Kevin Gray, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Bread containing yeast tends to rise fast and overproof at higher altitudes.
—Nik Pugmire, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2023
Standout drinks include the Voodoo cocktail, with rhum agricole, overproof rum, aged rum, blood orange, white peach, lemon, and absinthe.
—Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 29 June 2023
Devotional items on one altar include machetes, goat horns, dice and a small bottle of overproof white rum.
—Text By Nicole Dennis-Benn, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
One of the most unique cocktails, the Tejuino, is a complex and boozy blend of Mexican corn whiskey, overproof rum, lime juice, piloncillo, and masa that the team fermented in-house with koji, typically used to make sake.
—Emma Balter, Chron, 23 Feb. 2023
Another top seller at the hotel, made for two, includes Grand Marnier orange liqueur, clove syrup and overproof whiskey, plus lemon and honey.
—Kara Newman, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2020
Instead, there’s a bitter wallop of rum, courtesy of Rum-Bar White overproof rum and Clément Agricole.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
CH Distillery makes an unaged rum, and Tailwinds Distilling Company in Plainfield has built its brand on Taildragger, a lineup that includes a white rum, an amber rum aged for at least two years, a coffee rum, and an overproof dark rum.
—Julia Thiel, Chicago Reader, 19 Oct. 2017
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Kevin Gray, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Bread containing yeast tends to rise fast and overproof at higher altitudes.
—Nik Pugmire, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2023
Standout drinks include the Voodoo cocktail, with rhum agricole, overproof rum, aged rum, blood orange, white peach, lemon, and absinthe.
—Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 29 June 2023
Devotional items on one altar include machetes, goat horns, dice and a small bottle of overproof white rum.
—Text By Nicole Dennis-Benn, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
One of the most unique cocktails, the Tejuino, is a complex and boozy blend of Mexican corn whiskey, overproof rum, lime juice, piloncillo, and masa that the team fermented in-house with koji, typically used to make sake.
—Emma Balter, Chron, 23 Feb. 2023
Another top seller at the hotel, made for two, includes Grand Marnier orange liqueur, clove syrup and overproof whiskey, plus lemon and honey.
—Kara Newman, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2020
Instead, there’s a bitter wallop of rum, courtesy of Rum-Bar White overproof rum and Clément Agricole.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
CH Distillery makes an unaged rum, and Tailwinds Distilling Company in Plainfield has built its brand on Taildragger, a lineup that includes a white rum, an amber rum aged for at least two years, a coffee rum, and an overproof dark rum.
—Julia Thiel, Chicago Reader, 19 Oct. 2017
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“Overproof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overproof. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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