TeeGee's Bog

I am hexperimenting with booze again. Not so much in the Flatspin manner, but rather in the mixing and creating manner.

This time, it's Chocolate!

I have:
1x bottle of Count Pushkin vodka... probably not the best choice, but I don't think it's the worst.
1x bottle of Evan thingymabob bourbon - although not too badly priced is definitely not a bad bourbon. Shaped very much like a bottle of Jack.
9x Bar One (100g)

Each bottle was decanted to around the half-way mark, and then stuffed full of chopped up bar one until the alcohol reached the neck. Re-sealed the bottles (ie, put the tops back on), and stuffed them in the freezer where they will stay for approximately two weeks. Every day or so, I'll give the bottles a jiggle just to help them dissolve. Theoretically, after two weeks there should be some nice chocolate-ish liqueur, considering the bar ones are mostly nougat.

This is not something that I've completely sucked out of my thumb; I read some articles about doing this, although in the articles the authors used mars bars, and didn't try experimenting with bourbon. I, for one, have high hopes about the bourbon, as it has a fantastic "woodsy" scent, which I think will go well with the chocolate. I'll update everyone after approx two weeks have passed; if I remember.

This is not the first time that I have experimented with "infusions". I have previously created some flavoured vodka infusions.
Some things I have learned about that experiment:

1) If using a citrus fruit, use the flesh only. DO NOT include the skin, as it will make the liquor much too bitter, even if you sweeten it with sugar.
2) If making a chili infusion, do not use the crap chili's they sell at pnp. Those are usually cayenne peppers and they are frikkin' hot. And use gloves when handling them. Ouchy.
3) Don't make a chili infusion.
4) If shooting for a cherry infusion, DO NOT used glazed cherries. While it works, it tastes bleh. Using various bottled cherries in water have worked reasonably well, but I still want to try this with fresh cherries (which were very scarce to find at the time I was messing about with this. I happened to spot some fresh ones just the other day.)
5) Use a decent vodka. Russian Bear is awful... trust me, I've used lots of it.

On a side note, while I was getting the booze for the choc experiment, I also grabbed a bottle of "Van Gogh" black cherry flavoured vodka (I LOVE cherry flavour!). Damn this stuff is smooth - and has a fairly decent flavour.
I also grabbed a bottle of Vat 69 scotch. This is the stuff that Capt. Nixon carts around with him in Band of Brothers (fwiw) (Thanks for the reminder Gas). Definitely not a bad Scotch.