Balcones Brimstone

Dates and smoke on the nose. Simple but very enjoyable. My first impression on the taste is raisins and vanilla. Digging a little deeper, I start to pick up a kettle corn note. The smoke really lingers on the finish. The best way to describe it is thick and sweet like the glaze on a really good rack of slow smoked ribs.

Smokey, sweet

3rd try caramel sweetness, corn, dryness in the nosing, high pepper 2 very spicy, sharp but a lot of complexity and sweetness and you taste the corn, the zingy taste is actually beginning to suit me, dryness, oaky, licorice 2.5 oaky, long sustained peaty (not the laph or laga kind of smoke) 2 2 Balcones Brimstone Whiskey 2nd try American craft distiller Balcones created this smoky corn whisky, fittingly named the Brimstone, by smoking the whisky itself rather than the grain. It is innovative techniques such as this which are creating a buzz around American whisk(e)y at the moment. American craft distiller Balcones created this smoky corn whisky, fittingly named the Brimstone, by smoking the whisky itself rather than the grain. It is innovative techniques such as this which are creating a buzz around American whisk(e)y at the moment. Corn whisky, definitely sweeter than the likes of the Knob Creek, you get a more intense flabor and sweetness, bbq corn, metallic-ness that is often associated with corn whisky, 2.5 flavour is lacking for such an intense smelling whisky - i am surprise that the flavor is not hitting it, dryness, you get a strong intense oaky bitterness, dark chocolate would be how i would call it, bbq roasted charcoal, a bit to raw and in your face for my liking 1.5 oaky long sustained 2.25 2 Metallic plastic sweetness associated with grain whisky, leathery 2 Metallic, thick malty, thick, brown sugar burnt caramel, dry, peppery 2 Finish oaky, hot pepper 2 It’s a very interesting taste, I won’t say it’s a bad whisky. But the issue is the deviation from a “typical whisky” that is why the rating is lower Spicy peppery 2 Bourbon corn, close to Jack Daniels, 2 2

Oak fire pit, warm leather, unmistakable blue corn sweetness. I love this

Super-unique and truly outstanding!!

Was expecting something with a few sharp edges, but was pleasantly surprised. A nice unique taste for sure, but nothing too crazy. I've had & loved the Balcones Rye, Single Malt & True Blue Cask Strength (63.1%), so clearly my palate is attuned to Balcones. My only gripe is the price here in Australia (AUD$125); would love it to be closer to $100 but as it stands it's not a bottle I can easily replace (especially when I can get ECSB for around $50 less). Pity we can't get more of the range out here, but am thankful for what we do get.

Tasting brisket the good kind.