Ole Smoky Cherries Moonshine

Ole Smoky Cherries Moonshine is a jar of maraschino cherries hand-filled and soaked in Ole Smoky’s 100-proof moonshine — each cherry so saturated with spirit that a bartender at The Holler noted that eating one is like taking a shot, and the cherry juice combined with Coke on the rocks delivers a moonshine take on the old-fashioned soda fountain.

The concept is pure Appalachian creativity: take the classic cocktail cherry, give it a long bath in 100-proof corn moonshine, and let the two transform each other. The maraschino sweetness cuts the heat of the high-proof spirit; the moonshine amplifies the cherry into something bolder and more complex than a standard cocktail garnish. Use them to garnish cocktails with a kick, eat them straight from the jar, or mix the remaining moonshine-cherry juice with Coke for one of Ole Smoky’s best serves.

Specs

• Distillery: Ole Smoky, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
• Style: Fruit-Infused Moonshine
• Contents: Maraschino cherries in 100 proof Ole Smoky moonshine
• Size: 750ml

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