Bourbon Barrel Foods

Everything here starts with a used bourbon barrel. Bourbon Barrel Foods takes staves from barrels that held Kentucky bourbon and slow-smokes salt, pepper, sugar, and spices over them by hand in Louisville — which is why the whole line tastes like oak and woodsmoke rather than liquid smoke.

Alongside the smoked spices: bitters and cocktail syrups made with Woodford Reserve and Old Forester, bourbon barrel aged hot sauce, sorghum barbecue sauce, smoked sea salt caramel, and gift sets that make the whole thing easy to hand to someone.