Balcones Texas Pot Still Bourbon

In my short experience with whisky - I just began drinking it in September - I've changed favorites, as is only natural. This is my brand new favorite. This is tremendous stuff, the best whisky of any kind I've ever had. Someday another whisky may displace it, but for now this is definitely the best. This is the most complex, and the most consistent, whisky I've thus far encountered. The mash bill contains roasted blue corn, Texas wheat, Texas rye, and malted barley, though I couldn't find any information about percentages. Either the wheat is sufficient to cancel the rye, since this is a sweet whisky and not a spicy one, or there's just enough rye to keep the stuff from being overly sweet. It's 92 proof in the bottle. I got a fifth for $29.99 at Total Wine here in Albuquerque. I tasted the whisky in three regimes - right out of the bottle, with a splash of water, and after setting for 10 minutes. There were some differences between the three regimes, but very few. In the glass this whisky is the color of ripe golden wheat. The legs are well-spaced and long; they formed quickly on one side of the glass and slowly on the other, which is weird. RIGHT FROM THE BOTTLE Nose: With my nose approaching, but not in, the glass, I got this wonderful complex aroma. I found notes of roasted corn on the cob, toasted marshmallows, a hint of smoke (mesquite? it would be appropriate for a Texas whisky to have mesquite in it), and mingled caramel and butterscotch. Upon introducing my nose into the glass I got additional notes of cool spring water, and something warm and furry that I can't identify, but which is very pleasant - perhaps it's the mesquite coals of a barbecue. Taste: Corn, candy, smoke, and plenty of alcohol, with smoky oak coming in underneath it all. Finish: Plenty of long-lasting smoky oak. WATER Nose: All the notes are the same, and if the water dilutes them at all, it's very little. Taste: There's less alcohol on the tongue, but the flavored are the same, though perhaps slightly weaker, and now there's a creaminess that didn't introduce itself right out of the bottle. Finish: The same as before. 10 MINUTES Nose: Everything the same. Taste: Vanilla now appears for the first time, mingling with the previous notes, which are somewhat toned down but still clearly present. Finish: The same as before, but with a smidgen less force.