Tastes

It’s totally solid, but definitely nothing special. Very little in the way of nose, a bit of the Willet spice on the front of the tongue, but by the time it hits the back, the flavor has mostly dissipated, and makes for a small burn of a finish. Decent enough for a quick shot or a simple cocktail, but not much else.

More interesting than good. Honestly, not much more to say about it.

Distinctive for sure. There’s grass in the rye, but it doesn’t taste like yard clippings, rather as a compliment. Still a good amount of toasted cereal linger. Also unmistakably Balcones in its basic flavor profile journey. Worth the buy if feeling frisky.

At first better than I expected, then exactly like I expected. Tough, since it came just after tasting pikesville, but still. Good rye spice on the nose and the front tongue, but by the end the more grassy notes came forward a little too much.

Bananas and plantains on the tongue, for sure, with some almond on the finish, which was of good length. Almost had the most of a tequila, but not quite sure of that was psychosomatic or not. Either way, this was definitely both good and interesting, which is a pretty rare combo for such a distillery, if you’re asking me. (Are you? Call me, maybe.)

Lots of butter popcorn as expected from an almost pure corn whiskey. Not a ton of finish. A momentary pleasure. Not a lot of detractors, but not a lot of memories, either. Prefer the balconies corn whiskeys to this one.

First sip: I LOVE IT! All the stuff I love about both the hotaling rye and willet distillate. And then... Second sip: died pretty quickly. This description from the review that “the circus was barely in town” is pretty spot on. Third sip: okay, okay, I like it. I like the chaotic flavor profile because I like Potrero and I like Willet. It burns off pretty quickly on the back end, but if I was feeling excited and saw this bottle at a decent price (@ $40 tops) then I’d go for it... maybe.