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Balcones True Blue Tequila cask finish
Single Malt — Texas , USA
Reviewed
June 12, 2021 (edited June 15, 2021)
The nose starts with a rich decadent mix of candy corn, cotton candy, caramel apples, prickly pear cactus then the tequila influence comes in more to balance the sweets with cooked agave, bowling alley smokiness, eucalyptus followed by leather and polished oak with moderate ethanol burn.
The taste starts with a thick mouthfeel with caramel apple before a mix of vegetal notes and sweets combine then candied orange peel followed by spices of black pepper, and light oak with medium ethanol burn finishing medium length with candy corn, cooked agave, clay, eucalyptus, prickly pear cactus, leather and light oak spice.
Wow, what a difference the tequila cask made compared to the cask strength version. This is a wonderful rich dram that balances those smoky vegetal notes along with corn sweetness that keeps it from getting too bitter or sweet. Big thanks to @PBMichiganWolverine for the generous sample. This is something special and a shame it’s not something readily available.
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@Ctrexman I really need to take a road trip there…via Kentucky of course.
I checked their website but didnt see anything listed. Perhaps its only mentioned if you are there. If I get a chance to get up to Waco Ill see what I can do
One for me too please!
@Ctrexman you should drive over to their distillery and get the orange muscat. Buy me one too....and in return, I’ll get you this tequila matured one plus a bunch of samples of various malts
@PBMichiganWolverine Indeed I am, @WhiskeyLonghorn is even closer. I would love to get my hands on a bottle it sounds very interesting.
100% agree - I would love to see many more bottles of this one produced.
@PBMichiganWolverine Orange muscat? I had to look up what that even is. It's cool how creative they're getting with these finishes - and how well they're working out.
oh, there was a sample I had during the tasting which was hands down best Balcones yet—-one finished in orange muscat wine. Only a few hundred bottles available, distillery only. @Ctrexman ...you’re close to Waco...right ?
I liked this one enough to buy another bottle—-at $85, was well worth the price
Yeah they should make more of this :)