Four Roses Bourbon, Ooni Pizza Ovens Team Up For Honey Launch

Kentucky's Four Roses Bourbon and Ooni Pizza Ovens have teamed up to create Four Roses Bourbon Barrel Aged Honey, a honey that is aged in the bourbon company's oak barrels.

The raw Indiana wildflower honey, which is hand-bottled by the family-owned Bohman Bee Company is added to barrels after the bourbon is poured out. The process allows for the honey to be infused with flavors from the bourbon barrels, delivering notes of fresh fruit, caramel and spice.

The honey was created as an ingredient in various food and beverages from cocktails to pizza. Ooni, a company that was founded by husband and wife duo Kristian Tapaninaho and Darina Garland, offers a variety of pizza ovens for indoor and outdoor use. One of the company's signature ovens can reach temperatures of up to 932 °F and cook Neapolitan-style pizza within 60 seconds.

In a press release, Ooni Pizza Ovens Founder & Co-CEO Kristian Tapaninaho said, "At Ooni, we make high-quality, premium products that are both accessible and versatile, so creating a product with a like-minded brand such as Four Roses was an easy decision. It doesn't get much better than pizza and cocktails with your friends and family. We love working with brands that think a little differently and we're super excited to see how creative our community can get with this complex, bourbon barrel-aged honey - both on their bakes and in their cocktail shakers!"

Four Roses also spoke about the collaboration saying, "I like offering different ways to enjoy bourbon, outside of its traditional expectation," says Four Roses Brand Ambassador and Mixologist, Abby Martinie. "Four Roses is such an iconic brand, so it was fun to incorporate a fresh twist by infusing Small Batch's delightful fruit and spice notes into a new product. Using the honey in these new cocktail recipes, and collaborating with Ooni's team to develop flavor pairings, we crafted cocktails with refreshing sessionable, and complementary flavor profiles, unique to their pizza recipes."

Four Roses and Ooni offered some of the cocktail and pizza pairings during a tasting event at New York's Don Antonio.

The 10-ounce bottle of Ooni & Four Roses Bourbon Barrel Aged Honey is now available for purchase on Ooni Pizza Ovens' website (SRP $16), as well as on ReserveBar as a bundle with Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon (SRP $51.99). Those visiting the Kentucky Bourbon Trail this summer can also purchase the honey at the Four Roses Distillery Visitor Center located in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, while supplies last.

Four Roses Bourbon also shared a recipe for their Pineapple Bourbon Iced Tea which pairs with Ooni's Honey Glazed Ham and Roasted Pineapple Pizza recipe:

1.5 oz Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon

2 oz iced tea

0.75 oz Ooni & Four Roses Bourbon Barrel Aged Honey

0.75 oz fresh lemon juice

3-4 pineapple pieces

Garnish: pineapple

DIRECTIONS: Muddle pineapple in a mixing tin then combine all ingredients (except iced tea) in the mixing tin. Add ice. Shake for fifteen seconds or until the cocktail is properly diluted and well chilled. Add iced tea. Double strain into a glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.