Peyton Manning, Andy Roddick Sweetens Cove Tennessee bourbon earn award
Tennessee Vols legend and modern Pro Soccer Corridor of Fame inductee Peyton Manning is obtaining however one more recognition, this time for his booze.
Sweetens Cove Tennessee Bourbon, backed by Manning and former world No. 1 tennis player Andy Roddick, was named the greatest celebrity liquor by Esquire spirits writer Aaron Goldfarb.
Goldfarb’s record evaluated 63 superstar brands — including Ryan Reynolds’ Aviation Gin and Snoop Dogg’s Indoggo Gin — on taste, star ability and shamelessness (Ron Jeremy’s “Ron de Jeremy Rum” positioned last).
Goldfarb gave the bourbon a 9 out of 10 score in each flavor and star electrical power and a two in the shamelessness class.
“As we go via this onslaught of superstar spirits, you will see a lot of cheapest common denominator offerings,” Goldfarb wrote. “Factory-sourced products and solutions bottled at meager proofs, normally with added sweeteners and flavorings to make the spirits even much more palatable to neophytes.
“Not from Sweetens Cove, whose most modern confined presenting features 3 cask-power Tennessee bourbons, cautiously blended by Marianne Eaves, a bourbon sector A-lister in her possess right.”
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Eaves, the grasp blender of Sweetens Cove, is known as Kentucky’s first woman learn distiller. She was named just one of America’s underneath-40 tastemakers by Wine Enthusiast Magazine.
You can flavor the bourbon at Manning’s Saloon 16, which opened in Aug. 2020 inside of the Graduate Lodge in Knoxville.
“The solution is admittedly overpriced (all over $200 a bottle) and I kinda suspect QB1 does not actually even drink whiskey (wasn’t he a Bud person?),” Goldfarb wrote.
Manning informed Knox News past year that he was a “whiskey rookie,” and enjoyed discovering extra about it. He mentioned he sips his Sweetens Cove with an ice cube or two.
The brand’s initial product was produced in 2020 after the owners purchased 100 barrels of 13-12 months-aged bourbon. It’s named for Sweetens Cove Golf Club, a 9-hole course in southern Tennessee. GolfWeek named it 1 of America’s finest courses in 2019.
Manning is also an proprietor of the golfing club.
