Roast Turkey

Most people roast a whole turkey about once a year, so ten Thanksgivings in charge of the bird adds up to ten attempts. That lack of practice, more than the meat itself, is why Roast Turkey has a reputation for coming out dry.We go after every place it goes wrong. It starts at the store, where a couple of words on the label can mean paying for water, then moves to the skin and what it needs before the oven is on. Then comes the order of the heat, an argument one of us lost on air. A magazine editor's 17-year letter campaign helped make the holiday national, with a turkey at its center. There's apple brandy in the butter, Port in the homemade Cranberry Sauce, and the cranberry has a second job.This week's cocktail is the Cranberry Sauced, a bourbon sour built on it, made with Seelbach's Private Reserve Classic and finished with a smoking herb.For the full recipes and more, become a premium subscriber at https://sauced.supercast.com/Follow us on Instagram: @sauced.podThanks to all of this week's partners:Arriesgado Ancestral Tequila: https://pkgdgroup.com/tequila-arriesgadoUnderberg: https://underbergamerica.com/Seelbach's: https://sauced.captivate.fm/seelbachs-advent/Use code SAUCED for $10 off any purchase at Seelbach's