Balcones Baby Blue

50ml bottle neat in Glencairn at home [came attached as a bonus on a bottle of Balcones classic]. Nose is a smack of popcorn and ethanol, with some dried grass and a hint of sweet caramel. Taste is more popcorn, less heat, some grass and hay. Some lingering burnt heat in the back of throat. Nope, not for me. 6/26/19.

Ethanol on the nose. Not my jam.

Bit of an oily, buttered popcorn nose. Nutty taste with almonds and caramel in the finish.

Heard a lot about this distillery in the last year or so, and this bottle didn’t disappoint. However not my favorite whiskey I have ever had. The 100% corn may just not be my thing though. Nose: candy corn, vanilla, slight hay mustiness. Taste: lots of butter scotch on the start, fades quickly into a thick caramel flavor. Finishes off in a dusty candy corn and sugary vanilla. A bit thin and not oily at all. Doesn’t linger very long at all. Overall not terrible, but not anywhere close to being great. I hate the taste of candy corn so that may be what’s turning me off. The other flavors on the taste are nice though.

buttery, popcorn, smooth

[06.05.19] My initial reaction... dang, this is good. But I was worried it was just an overreaction after the BS that American Airlines has put me through this week (including a near plane wreck). So I obviously kept sipping. This is legit good. This tastes like you'd expect a pure corn whiskey to taste. Sweet, pure, with limited barrel flavor. It tastes surprisingly full(?) but I'm not sure what of. Floral/fruity like a subtle Irish whiskey and a bit salty/smoky but nothing distinct. This is smooth with a slight woody after taste, like a blend between those Utica moonshiners and Woodford. Easy drinker straight, this would be dangerous over ice. For those hopelessly delayed travelers, you can find this at DFW beside gate C10.