Years ago I was gifted a bottle of Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey. At the time, Skrewball was all the rage, picking up where Fireball had left off ushering in a new wave of flavored whiskey mania into American whiskey culture. Unfortunately I was not entirely a fan when I first opened my bottle and sampled a wee dram. On the positive side, the smell from the glass was instantly recognizable as roasted peanuts. In fact, the smell happily reminded me of the old scratch & sniff stickers I used to fervently collect in my 1980s youth. Things took a turn for the worse however when I took a sip and the cordial's sweetness overwhelmed my senses; Skewball was simply too sweet to my preferences. I ended up only trying a handful of pours all those years ago and stashed the bottle away, out of sight, out of mind... That is until a recent clean out and survey of the archives uncovered this long-forgotten bottle.
Determined to find a use rather than pour this bottle down the drain, I tinkered and stumbled into a rather simple solution that produces a rather tasty beverage - dilute the sweetness of Skrewball with actual whiskey! While still sweet and best used as a dessert or end-of-evening night cap, Skrewball actually plays quite nicely with bourbon. I'd recommend trying 1 part Skrewball to 2 parts bourbon whiskey. If the resulting mixture is still too sweet, then add an additional part of bourbon. Stay squirrelly my friends.
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