Balcones Distilling reviews

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 is a Texan distillery that became a rising star overnight, it would seem. Their Brimstone is a smoked corn whiskey, created in a process in which the whiskey itself is smoked and not the corn…

The very last Balcones that I've got a sample of, and it's Labour Day here in Australia. I'm sitting here listening to Ray Donovan in the background, my wife Squidgy is in the other room on the computer…

Continuing with my Balcones exploration I decided to crack open the single malt last night. It's listed as 53% and I figured a nice biggish whiskey would paired up with the latest episode of The Walking…

Still sitting here, playing with some interesting new corn whiskies from Texas. It's the start of the week and it's already been a crazy one, so crazy in fact that I havent had any time to sit down and…

I'm starting to plan an American whiskey tasting for our club in Perth and being the odd man I am, I want a variety. I don't want to do an American tasting based around just bourbons and ryes, I want…

Originally published at The Nice Drinks In Life: http://thenicedrinksinlife.blogspot.com/2013/08/balcones-baby-blue-corn-whisky.htmlProducer: Balcones Distillery Name: Baby Blue Type: Corn Whiskey Mash…

I was really looking forward to taste my sample of one of the Balcones range. The Baby Blue is a Small Batch Blue Corn (100% Corn). I got Batch #10, which was bottled at 26.8.2010.To confuse you a bit…

First vapor: Dark maple with cherry cough syrup.Nose: Like walking into a fudge confectionery that happens to be next to a large crop field. There are loads of sweet butter in the air; sweet an buttery…