Apple Pie Sous Vide Bourbon Infusion Recipe (2024)

FAQs

How do you infuse whiskey quickly? ›

There's no rules on quantity, but start by adding 1 part infusion ingredient to 3 parts whisky, chopping any bigger ingredients such as apples or oranges and cracking any nuts or spices. Steep your ingredients in the whisky in their original bottles or clean mason jars. Store in a cool, shady spot in your home.

Taste as You Go

It's ready now. If you want more flavor, let the whisky infuse another day and taste it again, continuing until it's to your liking. Most infusions take three to six days.

Pour bourbon into jars, fully covering the peaches, and leaving about 1/2 inch of head room at the top. Screw lids on tightly. Store jars in your fridge for up to a week to let the flavors infuse. When ready, strain the fruit from the jar, and use your new peach bourbon in your favorite co*cktails!

Strain your infusion using a fine mesh strainer.

Infused spirits are best enjoyed within three months, but they will never go bad. See our co*cktail recipes for ideas on how to use your infused alcohol.

Seal the jar (just with a regular lid!) and set in a cool place (preferably somewhere dark) for 2 weeks. I often stick mine in the fridge, just in case – but as long as it's sealed tightly and not opened often, it will be fine. After 2 weeks, taste the bourbon and adjust the flavor accordingly.

Infusing a spirit with a food ingredient is one of the best and easiest ways to express seasonality in a co*cktail. You can take beets, carrots, basil stems, coffee grounds, or virtually any other seasonal food and impart its flavor and sometimes texture into a spirit.

A fermentation lasting 50 hours is considered short and a 60 to 75 hour fermentation average, while 75 to 120 hours is a long fermentation. After 48 to 50 hours the yeast will have made alcohol and when distilled the resulting spirit will tend to have a cereal taste.

Rapid infusion systems are designed to warm and actively administer large fluid volumes quickly and may be lifesaving in the patient with rapid and uncontrolled hemorrhage.

While it's a simple process, infusing does take time (about 3 to 7 days).

Take your time finishing your drink.

Since part of the appeal of whiskey is its flavor, you'll probably get the most out of it if you sip it slowly instead of slamming it back like a shot. Give yourself 30 to 60 minutes to slowly finish your whiskey. If you like shooting whiskey, that's fine, too!