Balcones Brimstone

You might love this one, and you might hate this one. This has plenty of sweet corn and smoke, but not peat. It's like drinking hickory smoked corn. Drink this one with some BBQ. I loved it, but I would only buy it if you're feeling adventurous because this won't agree with some people's palates.

Well I certainly am a Balcones fan. Their single malt line is among my favorites. This is the corn line which I have not tried yet. I was looking forward to this as I am a smoke disciple. Poured neat, nose is packed tight which a drop opens up. Is there smoke....hell yeah there's smoke, but its nothing like peat smoke. This is pure Texas BBQ. Its all brisket ends with a side of cream corn, deeper in there is leather, maple and burnt caramel. I can probably pull out more but I wanna taste its so enticing. Mouthfeel is thick, pot stilled and non chill filtered makes a difference. Palate is pit smoked saturation. Beef brisket and ribs, grilled corn and zucchini glazed with caramelized brown sugars surrounded in charred oak. Finishes long with the smoke and char overtaking the sweet sugars and wood. This is seriously like whiskey put in a BBQ smoker, just permeating the smoke into its essence. They could have partnered with Blacks here in Texas its so endemic. Im guessing this will be polarizing for some. I find it wonderful as I imagine many will but there will be opposition........83/100......Im starting to think I could be stocked with nothing but Balcones whiskies and be just fine

Smoky

Burnt rubber followed by sweet corn... but mostly burnt rubber