| | | Aaron Goldfarb is a whiskey lover, certainly, but he's not a whiskey lover the way your dad or snooty friend are whiskey lovers, hording their favorite bottles, drinking everything neat, turning the | | If you have trouble reading this email, go to the online version |  | |  | | | | | |  | | | | October 22, 2018 | | Leather-Infused Cocktails, Weed Whiskey, Oatmeal Bourbon and More
An Edifying Q&A with Whiskey Expert, Aaron Goldfarb | |  | | | | | | | Aaron Goldfarb is a whiskey lover, certainly, but he's not a whiskey lover the way your dad or snooty friend are whiskey lovers, hording their favorite bottles, drinking everything neat, turning their nose up at the mere suggestion of a cocktail. To him, whiskey is not sacrosanct; it's just booze.
"I wrote the book because whiskey was getting so geeky and un-fun, where people were just buying bottles as investments and storing it," he says. "It was kind of trying to tell people, this is a product that gets people drunk, not [one] to sit in the corner of your apartment. Start playing around with it and stop treating it like a sacred object."
The "book" is Hacking Whiskey, and it's a collection of insider tips, musings, recipes, big ideas and irreverent asides from the forefront of the whiskey world—which, today, exists as much on the internet as it does in any bar or distillery. It's there that Goldfarb, a frequent contributor to Esquire and Punch, discovered his fellow whiskey tinkerers, who were willing to divulge their methods for inventive fat washes, blends, finishes, infusions and more. These include experiments with pork belly ramen, actual leather, foie gras and weed (spoiler: it does get you high).
With the holiday season fast approaching, we called up Goldfarb to discuss the whiskey avant-garde and demystify some of his greatest "hacks." We also secured a tasty little oatmeal bourbon recipe for you to try...
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