Food & Wine: The Best Whiskeys to Drink Around a Campfire, According to Bartenders

“Nothing beats sharing an exquisitely crafted whiskey with friends while sitting in a circle around a fire, hearkening back to our earliest ancestors who broke bread and built the bonds of community surrounding an open flame,” says Lisa Belczyk, beverage manager with Lucky Sign Spirits.

Without trees, we couldn’t have whiskey — all whiskey has to come in contact with wooden barrels, for however long, to meet certain legal definitions. Portland, Oregon producer East Side Distilling has crafted the ideal deep-woods whiskey with their Burnside Oregon Oaked Rye. 

This sweet and spice-forward rye whiskey is finished in quercus garryana, an oak species native to the Pacific Northwest, also known as Oregon white oak. “The woody notes of this Pacific Northwest tree invoke memories of a cozy night sleeping in the aromatic forests of the region,” says Belczyk.

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