Balcones Lineage Texas Single Malt

This is really great! Tastes very similar to balcones 1 single malt but a milder approach and a longer finish

Peaches and cream with a definite balcony's taste to it

Second taste edit: I popped the bottle after a long hiatus and dried apricot permeated my workspace. Solid daily drinker. It’s clearly a single malt, rich in barley flavor, along with peach and caramel. The nose gives me some oregano, peach and savory smoked chicken. Peaches n cream is the predominant lingering flavor on the finish. Very affordable and accessible for how good it is.

Nose: The nose is 100% quintessential Balcones, or the Balcones "funk" as I like to call it. What I like so much about lineage is that at a lower proof, it's a little easier to get into what makes that up. I get a big hit of fresh peaches and cream right up front. There's also a good amount of butterscotch, which almost leans towards just butter. Behind all of that is a musty wet wood that, to me, is the main contributer to the funkiness. As with all Balcones offerings, I could nose this for hours. Palate: The palate offers a mouthfeel that is still the creamy Balcones texture that I know and love, at a very approachable proof. It definitely leans more towards the oaky side, but by no means is it the traditional bourbon oak. This oak is sweet and creamy with the same mustiness as the nose. The palate makes a sharp left turn into coffee towards the middle/ back of the palate, though thankfully this falls just short of the stale coffee I described in my review of the Balcones Rye (thank goodness). Finish: The finish carries on and on, especially considering the proof. It begins with the coffee note from the back of the palate but fades into a sweet fruitiness that reminds me of peach rings candies. Overall: I feel like I've been waiting for this whiskey for years and just didn't know it. This whiskey gives me all the Balcones uniqueness that I want in one of their offerings at not only a very easily sippable proof, BUT THAT PRICE!! This release vastly exceeded any expectation I had for it.

Ok about halfway through this bottle and cannot believe how much I like it. Seriously this tastes like a $50+ bottle of highland scotch imo. Poured neat, nose has good malty notes with soft barrel and tropical fruits. Think papaya, maybe some melon. Very fresh and full with a splash of spice. Great mouthfeel(this seems to be a Balcones trademark) leads to palate blast of peaches, nectarine and orange marmalade. Its thick rich malt flavor with a blend of baking spice, leather and salted oak. Long finish with the malt and fruits fading slowly alongside drying oak. Blind I would put this as 12-15 yr Highland....a good one. There is a flash of the youth/heat but you can tell how good the new make is. The Golden Promise must be shining through I guess. The vfm here is unreal and this will be a constant shelf dweller for me from here on........91/100.....at its price point might be best whiskey on the market, absolutely delicious