Balcones Texas Single Malt

Sweet on the nose with hints of maple, taste is sharp (didn’t mellow much with a tiny splash of water), oily

Easy drinking. Can’t really get any notes in my young whiskey tasting career.

Nose is strong, rich, sweet, and dense Dried dark fruit, wood, rubber. Old leaves and a dustiness comes out after a few minutes. Palate is strong and rich sweetness. Dark fruit that is dried and the sugars condensed, poured over old varnished wood and well worn leather. Some medicinal iodine notes too. Every part of this dram is dark and rich. The finish is long and oily. Sweet woody notes with iodine. Some water opens it up with a lighter sweetness, but I honestly prefer it at the denser ABV.

An off armagnac nose with slight perfume. Rootbeer hard candy, weak brandy and oak. Mouth coating. Good quality but not my taste profile.

Not bad but there are better for less $$

Woody and hot I get ethanol burn and deep wood flavors. If I can get past that, I get to malt flavor, then I get fruit (like berries) and finally something herbal like menthol. I don't like this that much. It is very unique, I've never had anything like this, might not have anything like it ever again. but I don't enjoy any of the uniqueness. With all this said, I had this as a barrel pick from total wine. Perhaps this particular barrel was wildly different than the rest of everything else.