Tastes

Tasted blind: neat in a glencairn Nose: thin mint cookie, browned butter, hot rye banana bread Palate: dill, spearmint, mint chip Klondike bar, and real maple syrup on a stack of banana chocolate chip pancakes Finish: Kirkland truffles dusted in cocoa powder, banana bread What a fun sample to drink blind. So rich and buttery!

Tasted blind: neat in a glencairn Nose: this amazing nose smells just like a melted root beer float, also getting a mixed bag of different citrus peels Palate: sharp zing of red pepper flakes, cinnamon, and faint oak Finish: delicious cinnamon gum

Nose: banana runts candy, sweet corn, vanilla, Granny Smith apple Palate: light barrel char influence, figs, green banana Finish: more runts candy, slight rye spice, gentle oak

Nose: cinnamon, dusty rickhouse, brown sugar, tobacco leaf, dark cherry Palate: peanut shell, aggressive baking spices, sweet vanilla. Mouthfeel is borderline thin Finish: spicy Christmas cider, big red cinnamon gum

Nose: seasoned oak, vanilla, cherry candy, raw dough Palate: thicc mouthfeel-feels like pudding, sweet and rich like molasses on buttered pound cake Finish: vanilla, brown sugar Overall it comes across as a simple dram, but expertly executed. The flavors all mingle together perfectly. Thanks for the pour @tbran19

Nose: first smell immediately made me think of yogurt covered raisins and buttercream frosting. Second smell reveals a sweet-corn forward vanilla. Brown sugar, citrus, and butterscotch candy are hiding in the background. Palate: chewy caramel candy, herbal orange zest, cherry, leather, and barrel char Finish: spicy finish that has a nice rye quality to it in the back of the palate. Cinnamon, more vanilla and oak influence. Overall I’m excited to see that one of our distilleries here in Texas means business. The other Texas distilleries to me leave me wanting much more. I am excited to see what future releases from them will look like once they have some older barrels.

CLAWS single barrel pick Nose: toasted smoky marshmallows, burnt creme brûlée sugar crust, barrel aged maple syrup Palate: rich nose doesn’t quite pull through on the palate. Caramelized sugars, leather, cigar leaf, and maple syrup come through nicely but it feels thin in the mouth. It’s redeeming factor is it leaves a thin buttery film on the tongue. Finish: cherry slush, sweet barrel smoke, and vanilla @tbran19 generously provided the sample, cheers!

CLAWS pick, 57.4%, barrel 24280, 5.5 years old Nose: cashews, honeycomb, dried dates, dried blueberries, vanilla Palate: beautiful oily slickness coats the entire mouth, hint of ash, rich barrel char, and dried fruits Finish: sharp zing of ethanol leads to cherry, pipe tobacco and smokey oak

Nose: fall baking spices including cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Slight woody earth coming through. Palate: unexpected fruit, some strawberries in brown sugar, figs, grainy rye bread, and a little honey Finish: finish is silky sweet with some sweet brown sugar and mint This is a fantastic rye, it doesn’t have the typical dill, heavy mint, and obvious rye spice, but is a solid dram.

Nose: flaky pie crust, caramelized sugar, faint woody funk and a wallop of cherry pie filling Palate: cherry pie mingles with some sweet tobacco, aged oak, and brown sugar. This whiskey has a great mouthfeel that really coats the palate. Finish: baked apple, simple syrup, cherry candy, and sweet pipe tobacco linger nicely