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…

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,…

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…

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…