The next time you are out in a bar, make sure to ask for a Mitch Morgan:

If you can’t tell from the picture, a Mitch Morgan basically consists of bourbon and a strip of bacon.  Now I’m on record as saying many of the bacon things you people send to me sound disgusting. Sure, if I was on fear factor and had to eat something disgusting, it would only be improved by adding bacon. But when I’m in the privacy of my own home, I don’t have to mix snack bars and bacon, I can eat snack bars and bacon separately.

That being said, I think the Mitch Morgan actually sounds good, and for sure sounds better than bacon flavored vodka. I wasn’t really sure why, but I think the link originator and I sussed it out:

Jackie: “It’s the crunchy. Bacon needs that texture.”
Me: “Yeah, exactly! Plus, somehow bacon goes with bourbon and also you are just getting a taste of the bacon with the bourbon, rather than the bourbon being inundated with bacon, you know?”
Jackie: “And, ultimately, you can totally imagine a chunk of meat marinated in bourbon and then covered with a bourbon sauce and crumbled bacon.”

So there you have it, two of the finest bacon scholars determining why the Mitch Morgan gets my vote, even though I’ve never tried one.