Spiked Chai Poached Pears – vomFASS Madison University Avenue

Ingredients

• 3 cups water
• 1 cup vomFASS Two Georges High Corn Bourbon
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 5 cardamom pods, smashed with the side of a knife
• 3 cloves
• 1 two-inch piece of ginger, cut into 5 or 6 coins
• 1 cup honey
• 1 whole vanilla bean, scrapings, and pod
• 2 Tbsp Williams Christ Pear Balsamic Star
• 4 firm Pears, such as Bartlett