It’s bounce season in Wisconsin. No, not the jump-around tradition at a Wisconsin Badgers football game. Here, we’re talking about cherry bounce: hard liquor, often brandy, with a load of fresh cherries soaking in it.
Bounce is a strong tradition in parts of Wisconsin, particularly the Door Peninsula, that thumb that juts out into Lake Michigan. It may surprise some that the cheese and beer state produces about 10 percent of the nation’s cherry harvest, but this homemade cordial celebrates it when the end-of-the-year holidays arrive.