Esquire named
Leopold Bros. Rocky Mountain Peach Whiskey as one of "7 Flavored Liquors Actually Worth Drinking."
Excerpt:
Bourbon and peaches are a match made in heaven, usually served in the form of Grandma’s cobbler. Here, the Denver distillers behind a series of fruit whiskies based on 19th-century practices (they also have apple and blackberry flavors), blend their
miniscule-batch whiskey with freshly-juiced local peaches then age it in used bourbon barrels. The result is a rich, dessert-wine-like spirit, melding the sweetness of American whiskey with the complex tartness of eventually-oxidized peaches.
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