Balcones Distilling reviews

Quick fire notes.I liked it, big flavours but well matched.Nose: cold bbq, smoked meat, dried chilli flakes, burnt caramel Palate: vanilla, pepper, bonfire smoke, burnt rubber, orange Finish: long,…

Hot peppery smoky fast arrival develops a thick rich slow spicy/sage sweet vegetable finish.

Hot spicy fast arrival develops warm steady short rich creamy vegetable finish.

Warm sweet smooth wooden arrival develops a sour vegetable short fast finish.

The first two whiskies I had from Balcones Distillery were the Brimstone Resurrection and the Brimstone Blue Corn. Both spirits being uniquely treated to sun baked Texas Oak smoke.The result was a truly…

Up until a few months ago I had not heard of Balcones Distillery. The brainchild of Texan Chip Tate this micro-distillery is only six years old and has already won a Confederate pickup worth of awards…

I had never heard of Balcones Distilling until they won the WWA 2014 award for best American Whiskey. While I'm not a big fan of awards this time around I'm grateful to them for bringing this Texan…

Nose: Dusty, vanilla, grain, plums, sawdust, spiced wine.Palate: Strong grain influence. This is more like the rumble, its darker, meatier, better. More spicy. Slight oak, vanilla, sweet honey, spiced…

Holy cow, this has a big nose. It has a smoked BBQ edge underlying meat, burnt sugar and molasses.The palate delivers what the nose promises. Smoke. It is more bonfire than BBQ. Tobacco, smoked meat,…

Balcones 5th Anniversary Bourbon Cask 2Nose: You can tell this is a pokey bottle at 67.5% and yet the alcohol is not overpowering. You get rye, vanilla, light leather, honey, floral. Quite light and very…