Great: Bacon and whiskey. Greatest: Whiskey infused bacon.

[Dustin]

Great: Bacon and whiskey. Greatest: Whiskey infused bacon. GREATEST THING OF ALL TIME: Bacon made from pigs fed the grain used to make whiskey

http://wqad.com/2014/05/08/iowa-distill ... e-whiskey/

We use alcohol in meat marinades all the time, but what if your food already had the taste without the wait?

The founders of Templeton Rye Distillery in Templeton, Iowa are trying to do just that by creating pork that tastes like their famous whiskey.

“We have a little motto here. My dad always told me, ‘Nothing good happens after 12 p.m.’ So, it seems like that’s when this idea was probably thought of – after we had a few drinks,” laughs the distillery’s co-founder, Keith Kerkhoff.

He hopes the Templeton Rye Pork Project will be the exception to his dad’s motto.

They’re raising 25 pigs, born in early January 2014, on a farm in Woodward, Iowa, about an hour east of Templeton. Nick Berry, who has a Ph.D. in Animal Science focused on meat and eating quality, looks after the pigs. Berry works in the commercial pig industry for an animal health company, and he’s a friend of the Templeton team.

[travisccook]

Drunk pigs make great porkchops?

[Dustin]

Drunk pigs make great porkchops?

I willing to try them. Better yet can you get drunk of pork chops ?

[rustynuts]

Pigs are fed the leavings from bourbon production down here all the time. It's called "slop". Every night on my way to work I wind up behind a truck heading for Jim Beam to pick up a load.

[WLJ]