Whiskey Holiday Highlights: Handpicked favorites from the Del Bac Team
The holidays are here, and with the end of the year fast approaching we wanted to share some of our personal whiskey favorites, straight from the Whiskey Del Bac team!
From our Head Distiller, Mark A. Vierthaler
Favorite Whiskey Del Bac: Normandie.
Best glassware: Two fingers, in a rocks glass with one large crystal clear cube cube.
Favorite Partner: Yellowbrick Coffee, Tucson. Their annual Holiday Cheer barrel-aged Huehuetenango, Guatemala bean is boozy, heady and perfect for cool nights.
Best place to enjoy a drink: Any place good friends and loved ones have gathered near.
Favorite item in the retail store: High Camp Firelight Flasks – Take only photos and leave only footprints means a lot. Don’t haul your glass out onto the trails!
From our Sales Manager, Janna Hoffman
Favorite Whiskey Del Bac: My favorite whiskey of our Sonoran Trio is the Dorado. The smoke is subtle and sweet. Like a toasted marshmallow roasted over a campfire. It evokes memories of camping in the forest.
Best place to enjoy a drink: Batch and Snake and Barrel in downtown Tucson is by far the best place to enjoy not just Whiskey Del Bac but they have over 1200 whiskeys to sip on.
Favorite whiskey cocktail: My all time favorite Whiskey Del Bac cocktail is an Old Fashioned with Dorado. But, the cocktail I will be serving family and friends this season is a Peach Boulevardier using Sentinel.
From our Regional Sales Director, Ryan Schroeder
Favorite Whiskey Del Bac: Normandie served neat and Dorado in a cocktail.
Best Glassware: Rocks glass.
Favorite Partner: Rough Rider, Phoenix.
Best whiskey cocktail: Dorado Old Fashioned.
Favorite place to enjoy a drink: Around the campfire with friends.
From our Tasting Room & Spirit guide, Dee Hunter
Favorite Whiskey Del Bac: Normandie.
Best Glassware: Stemmed Glencairn
Favorite item in the retail store: The soap!
Best place to enjoy a drink: The campfire
From our VP of Sales & Marketing, Jake Wheatley
Favorite Whiskey Del Bac: Dorado!
Best glassware: A heavy, double old fashioned glass
Favorite item in the retail store: I’m obsessed with Bull in China’s Hammered Copper Bell Jigger.
Best place to enjoy a drink: My backyard at sunset in front of the firepit.
Favorite Del Bac partner: I spend an awful lot of dinners at Hush Public House in Scottsdale. Ask Mikey or Sam of a Del Bac Dorado old-fashioned!
Best whiskey cocktail: Dorado Old-Fashioned made with angostura bitters, homemade demerara syrup, and a cara-cara orange peel. Stirred and strained over a big cube.
From our Sales & Experiences Director, Nicole Lewis
Favorite Whiskey Del Bac: The Ode to Islay!
Best glassware: A chilled rocks glass with a clear cube frozen to the bottom
Favorite item in the retail store: Our Singed Orange Bitters collab with Blue Clover!
Best whiskey cocktail: A Paper Plane
Favorite Del Bac partner: Monsoon Chocolate
Best place to enjoy a drink: With my friends around a fire being cozy
From our Tasting Room & Spirit Guide, Jeff Egan
Favorite Whiskey Del Bac: Frontera cause Sherry is my favorite girl
Best glassware: A rocks glass with a large cube
Favorite whiskey cocktail: I’m a sucker for a Sazerac, a perfect cocktail to feature Sentinel Rye
Best place to enjoy a drink: Tap + Bottle Tucson has a great selection of spirits and some pretty spot on cocktails on tap
Happy Holidays & Cheers to the new year from us to you! Whiskey Del Bac Thanks you for your support
