Fort Worth distillery hopes to find luck with black eyed pea vodka
FORT WORTH — Inside the historic Firehouse No. 5 on the south side of Fort Worth, a young farmer is about to unveil what he hopes will be his best crop yet: Vodka made from black-eyed peas.
This could be a first.
"The vodka has a very clean, little burn, with just a hint of nut flavor on the end," said 30-year-old creator Trey Nickels.
Nickels of Muleshoe, Texas, came up with the idea years ago while facing another bad year of farming. He knew you could make alcohol from starches, so he decided to take the very legumes that were giving him grief and turn them into vodka.
Really do I serve it over hamhocks with cornbread.I mean you can make Vodka outta anything you wish just not that it's almost sacreligious to do so in my book.
If it was butter beans I would have thought whatever floats your boat but peas dammit all to hell.
FORT WORTH — Inside the historic Firehouse No. 5 on the south side of Fort Worth, a young farmer is about to unveil what he hopes will be his best crop yet: Vodka made from black-eyed peas.
This could be a first.
"The vodka has a very clean, little burn, with just a hint of nut flavor on the end," said 30-year-old creator Trey Nickels.
Nickels of Muleshoe, Texas, came up with the idea years ago while facing another bad year of farming. He knew you could make alcohol from starches, so he decided to take the very legumes that were giving him grief and turn them into vodka.
Really do I serve it over hamhocks with cornbread.I mean you can make Vodka outta anything you wish just not that it's almost sacreligious to do so in my book.
If it was butter beans I would have thought whatever floats your boat but peas dammit all to hell.