Balcones Texas Single Malt Whisky '1' Special Release
| Category | BOURBON |
| Distillery | Balcones Distilling |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Special Release |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2013 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 53.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | USA |
| Region | Balcones Distilling |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
dark amber
air Nose
an avalanche of roasted coffee beans at first nosing, as well as pencil shavings and quite some pomegranate jam, then more menthol, eucalyptus and ginger. Also a little thuja wood, bananas flambéed and liquid liquorice. I find this quite spectacular, probably very extractive but I think it works. With water: even more burnt wood and caramel, but the general profile doesn’t change much, although it’s now rather less piny
restaurant Palate
the oak’s very apparent, and frankly this is akin to a kind of oak-and-pinewood liqueur, but bizarrely it’s quite to my liking. Huge notes of burnt caramel, dark toffee and ‘spice mix to make mulled wine’. Star anise, cloves, cinnamon… Also some concentrated chestnut honey, perhaps. With water: more fruits, such as pomegranates again, as well as bitter oranges. The wood is still very apparent, but it’s mastered
timer Finish
pretty long and very spicy. I even find chillies, some lime and quite some coriander in the aftertaste. A lot of caramel and fudge too
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