Balcones Lineage Texas Single Malt Whisky

walnuts
pie
caramel
woody
vanilla
apple
pear
toffee
bitter

walnuts
pie
caramel
woody
vanilla
apple
pear
toffee
bitter

Balcones Lineage Texas Single Malt Whisky

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750ml

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47% ABV

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BrandBalcones
CategoryAmerican Single Malt
CountryUnited States
RegionTexas
DistilleryBalcones
AgeNAS
Style Texas Single Malt Whisky
Alcohol 47%

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An amazing new Single Malt from Balcones that is an absolute flavor bomb.

You just have to love the charming, independent, and rebellious spirit of Texas. Balcones Distilling is based in Waco — just about half way between Dallas and Austin. Texas is a big state, and they like everything big… big steaks, big trucks, big hats, and big flavors. Balcones is still a small distillery (thank goodness!), but it is filled with big ideas. They hand-make a range of Whiskies, Rums, and mysterious fiddly Spirits, all of which are unabashedly crafted with the big flavors they love. These Spirits are top notch, and they have the awards to prove it.

Balcones Lineage Texas Single Malt Whisky is a flavor bomb. And it gets that deep flavor from a few unique things. First, the barley is a combination of Simpsons Golden Promise malted barley from Scotland and local malted barley from the West Texas plains. After being distilled in copper pot stills built by Forsyths, it is aged in new and refill barrels, whose staves have been "yard-aged" for thirty-six months — nearly four times longer than most folks do it. Anyway… this amazing Texas-sized dram is bottled at 47% ABV and we just can’t get enough.

Smartass Corner:
"Yard-aging" is a technique that lets the unfitted staves sit exposed to the elements to cure — subject to sun and weather. This air-curing removes the "green wood" notes that can be medicinal and lets the toasting sink deeper into the grains.

Appearance / Color
Deep Mahogany

Nose / Aroma / Smell
The aroma wafts densely with notes of walnut cake, flan, bananas foster, mixed toasted woods, and a heavy dose of vanilla.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
The flavor palate is amazing with apple streusel, pear galette, English toffee, and bitter cream.

Finish
The finish is long, mouthwatering, luxurious, and warm.

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Note: Once an order has been safely & successfully delivered, we do not accept returns due to change of heart or taste. Due to state regulations, we cannot accept the return of alcohol purchased by a customer in error.

Texas Malt

I like Scotch, but I also enjoy trying other whiskies. I recently tried Balcones Lineage Texas Single Malt Whisky, and I think it's a good alternate to Scotch. It's a little lighter than Scotch, and it has a nice caramel flavor. If you're looking for something different, I recommend giving it a try.

A little heat on first taste. ...

A little heat on first taste. Apple, caramel, baking spice and a little nutty. Almost a mix of apple pie and pecan pie.

Wonderful

Fruit bomb with a little bit of sour and almost savory. But in a way that enhances the sweetness somehow. Like other Balcones products, very unique. Let’s hope Diageo doesn’t ruin them and jack up prices like they have to so to many others.

Not for me…

Honestly, I had high hopes for this one based on the nose. It smells amazing! Everything after that fell flat. The bitterness completely overpowered nearly everything else in the profile and it had a mildly musty quality. I wouldn’t describe the mouth feel as “luxurious,” as it is in the description from the Flaviar folks. I thought it was thin. Caveat to above: I tried this via the advent calendar. So it’s possible that the sample was just not good.