We went peach picking last year and, in classic Hwang-Aronson fashion, we picked way too many peaches. Others in my family would have canned them, but I don’t have the equipment or time for that. Plus, I really like peach whiskey. So, I cut up a bunch of peaches, put them in some jars with a bunch of Four Roses, and made peach whiskey. I called it Northern Aggression and it was goooooood.

But of course, I didn’t write down anything about it.

This week my wife picked up a half-bushel of peaches from the Georgia Peach Truck, so now we’re back in the struggle. To be honest, a lot of these peaches suck, but I think they might make some nice whiskey. So here’s what I have in a big jar right now:

1000g of peach flesh

1000ml of Buffalo Trace Bourbon (90 proof)

I’ll probably leave it in there for a week or so. Once the peaches are out and filtered, I’ll add 500 ml of simple syrup to bring the ABV from 45% to 30%.