Bourbon Pizza Recipe Becoming Louisville Favorite
< PREVIOUS | NEXT >Wednesday, September 9th 2009
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisville-based pizza chain, Tony Boombozz Pizza is bringing back the highly anticipated Kentucky Bourbon Pizza for the second year. Last fall’s debut of the pizza featuring Four Roses Bourbon in its recipe was released in conjunction with September’s Bourbon Heritage Month and the internationally-recognized Kentucky Bourbon Festival.
“Last year’s Kentucky Bourbon Pizza was such a success, we just had to bring the recipe back,” said Tony Palombino, owner of Tony Boombozz Pizza. “It started as sort of a collaborative idea between me and Four Roses’ Master Distiller Jim Rutledge.”
The inspiration for the first-ever Kentucky Bourbon Pizza came one night during a bartending competition organized by Four Roses where Palombino, a self-proclaimed Bourbon fanatic, had been asked to serve as judge.
“As I was introducing Tony as one of our judges, I hinted that a bourbon-flavored pizza should be his next big creation,” said Rutledge, Four Roses’ Hall of Fame Master Distiller. “It wasn’t long after the event that Tony was experimenting with Four Roses in his recipes.”
“There’s not many people that don’t like pizza, and Kentucky is the birthplace of Bourbon,” added Palombino. “So, to me, it sounded like a winning combination and something that I had never heard of being done before.”
The Kentucky Bourbon Pizza’s special barbecue sauce is what carries the authentic Bourbon flavor. Other toppings include hickory-grilled chicken, smoky bacon, roma tomatoes and red onions. For a stronger taste of Kentucky, customers can order their Four Roses-inspired pizza with extra bourbon-barbecue sauce or a “shot” of sauce on the side for dipping.
The Kentucky Bourbon Pizza will also be featured as the ‘Anniversary Pizza’ during Tony Boombozz’ 11th Anniversary Celebration in October.
Palombino is known throughout the area for his famous gourmet pizza and has been awarded many national and international pizza competition first-place prizes.
Kentucky Bourbon Pizza is now available at all four Louisville Boombozz locations (Springhurst, Highlands, Crescent Hill/St. Matthews and Jeffersontown) through mid-October.
For more information, visit www.tonyboombozz.com or www.fourroses.us .
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