![]() ![]() On the palate, the whisky is smooth and buttery with a sharp chile-like pepperiness. On the nose, the whisky offers up honey notes, along with aromas of pears, ripe bananas, ripe apple, orange zest and a bit of apricot. The finish is long, sweet, fruity with a lingering peppery note.īalcones, Texas Single Malt Whisky, Classic Edition, NAS, 53% ABV Initially, there is a pronounced pepperiness, but it fades quickly. On the palate, the whisky is sweet with a distinctive caramel note, followed by ripe tropical fruits and roasted chestnuts. There are aromas of fresh peach and overripe banana, along with some cinnamon and nutmeg notes. On the nose, it’s sweet and creamy with pronounced stone fruit and tropical fruit notes. The mash bill uses 100% Golden Promise barley sourced from both Scotland and Texas. Lineage is among the most recent of Balcones’ single malt whiskies. The finishing process can last as little as 10 weeks or as much as four years depending on the cask being used, its previous contents, and how often it has already been usedīalcones Lineage, Texas Single Malt Whisky Photo, courtesy Balcones Distillingīalcones Lineage Texas Single Malt Whisky, NAS, 47%% ABV The wood notes are distinctive and persistent, but generally well-integrated into the background.īalcones also offers several expressions that have been finished in casks that previously held wines or spirits. ![]() Unlike Scottish producers that largely use ex-bourbon casks, Balcones uses a combination of both new and refill casks made from American, European and French oak. ![]() ![]() This gives Texas whiskies a darker color and more pronounced flavor extraction from the wood. Like all Texas whiskies, they will mature faster than whiskies matured in cooler climates. Several of these whiskies are single barrel selections or part of a Special Release program, so the ABV will vary depending on what edition you get. The whiskies carry no an age statement (NAS). The distillery has 2 x 12,000-liter wash stills and 2 x 8,300-liter spirit stills. The Balcones single malt whiskies are distilled in a copper pot still. This makes them one of the leading proponents of American single malt whiskeys in the US.Īll of Balcones’s single malt whiskies, conform to the American Single Malt Whiskey Commission's standard of identity: (1) Made from 100% malted barley (2) distilled entirely at one distillery (3) mashed, distilled, matured in the United States (4) Matured in oak casks of capacity not exceeding 700 liters (5) distilled to no more than 160 proof (6) bottled at 80 proof or more.īelow are tasting notes on a range of Balcones single malt whiskey expressions. Today Balcones produces around a dozen different American single malt whiskey expressions utilizing a variety of maturation and cask finishing strategies. He was followed by Alameda, California based St George Spirits in 2000 and Denver, Colorado based Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey in 2004. They were preceded by Steve McCarthy’s Clear Creek Distilling in Portland, Oregon in the 1990s. Balcones was not the first American distiller to produce single malt whiskey. One of the leading innovators of American single malt whiskey is Waco, Texas based Balcones Distilling. Balcones Distilling's Stills Photo, courtesy Balcones Distilling ![]()
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