Barbecue Sauce with Bourbon and Sorghum

Barbecue Sauce with Bourbon and Sorghum is Kentucky through and through, a bourbon bbq sauce sweetened with sorghum and simmered down deep.

Bourbon Barrel Foods, a Kentucky maker, sweetens this sauce with Kentucky-grown sorghum and pours in a splash of bourbon, then slow-simmers it to a rich, dark finish. Apple cider vinegar gives it a tang, and cumin and cardamom bring a warm, spiced note that makes it more layered than your average bottle. This is a bourbon barbecue sauce with some thought behind it, not just sugar and smoke.

Glaze it on late so the sorghum sets without scorching, brushing ribs and chicken in the last stretch of the cook. It also does real work spooned over a pork shoulder or a pile of burnt ends once they come off the smoker.

• Ribs and chicken
• Pork shoulder and pulled pork
• Brisket and burnt ends
• Grilled sausage
• Pork chops