Balcones True Blue Cask Strength

CategoryBOURBON
DistilleryBalcones Distilling
BottlerDistillery Bottling
Bottling Series-
Vintage-
Bottled Year2023
Age2년
Cask TypeUsed American Oak
Cask Number-
Bottles Released-
ABV64.2%
Volume750 ml
Label-
CountryUSA
RegionBalcones Distilling
Balcones True Blue  Cask Strength
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Flavor Profile

Vanilla
Sweet
Oaky
Honey
Creamy
Spicy
Fruity
Nutty
Dried Fruit
Floral
Citrus
Chocolate
Herbal
Smoky
Maritime
Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

dark red amber

air Nose

nosing a pan of warm molasses, or maybe forgotten mulled wine. There are many cooked fruits, prunes, oranges… Then round spices, aniseed, peppermint… Then toffee and charcoal, very strong Danish liquorice (okay, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, as you like…), then drops of paint thinner, maybe, but it’s not solventy at all. I also find obvious notes of bitters, or Fernet Branca, amer bière… There is a smokiness for sure, but much less than in the Californians that we had before. Smoked chocolate

restaurant Palate

Jesus Mary and Joseph! Chewing a bunch of cigars, drinking pure pitch, ingesting ten litres of smoked lapsang souchong tea reduced down to 1cl by cooking them for three weaks (or something like that), same with bitter oranges, same with tar liqueur, liquorice liqueur… It’s one of the heaviest spirits I could try, but frankly, it’s not that smoky. I think the original Brimstone was smokier, according to my notes

timer Finish

extremely long, maybe a notch too acrid/gritty? Too oaky? Burnt?

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