Balcones Brimstone

Chipotle

A unique, BIG whiskey. Roasted corn with a sweet honey glaze and a touch of grilled pineapple on the nose. The palate is sweet, smoky BBQ with a little spice and a nice vegetal funk. Very long finish. I’m a big fan of this unique, assertive whiskey, can see why it’s divisive though.

Dan Murphys international whisky tasting night. N: Thick artificial and rubbery. Lots of synthetic core syrup sweetness and liquid smoke flavour, vague lanolin and lightly fragrant herbs. This has been sat for maybe 30 minutes in the glass. Yet, was still an olfactory assault. P: Corn sweetness and lots of candy (hairbo lollies!), sticky BBQ sauce and prominent wood ash. There is a pleasant toffee apple and cinnamon underneath but there is too much cloying corn sweetness to enjoy it. F: Short-medium. Yet more candy sweetness and some building ethanol heat. Aggressively artificial. No clear character or purpose for me just a powerfully synthetic mash of woodsmoke and sweetness. Wood smoke is hard to do well, and I haven’t found myself to be a huge fan, but this just came across like a home distilled garage experiment and is not something I would seek out. Distiller whisky taste #177