Central Standard Craft Distillery, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, has another new product line on the market: Apple Bourbon Cream and Cherry Bourbon Cream.
The 46 proof liqueurs, made with Central Standard’s Dockside Bourbon, are available in 750ml bottles.
In addition to having spirits distilled from local grains, the apples are harvested locally, the cherries are grown in Door County and the blend includes 100 percent Wisconsin cream. This, Central Standard says, makes it Wisconsin’s first truly local bourbon cream.
“This has been a year of innovation for us, and we wanted our entrance into the liqueurs market
to be bold, significant, and authentic to who we are,” says Central Standard’s Chief Commercial Officer, Jim Kanter.
“We’re honored to release our state’s first locally crafted bourbon creams, made with our own locally distilled bourbon.”
The creams are available at retail throughout the state and at Central Standard Crafthouse & Kitchen in Downtown Milwaukee.
“We're excited and ready for this to be our biggest seasonal launch yet,” says distillery co-founder Evan Hughes.
“During our research and development phase, we could hardly keep it on the shelves. Whether enjoyed in a cocktail or over ice, these creams capture the flavors of Wisconsin’s rich agriculture traditions.”
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
