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soonershrink

Balcones Texas High Rye Bourbon

Bourbon — Texas, USA

Reviewed March 5, 2022 (edited April 15, 2023)
3.0
3.0 out of 5 stars
I found the mash bill as 55% Blue Corn, 32% Texas Rye, 7% Specialty Ryes and 6% Golden Promise Malted Barley. I'm guessing the "specialty rye" is the chocolate malted, as there's a lot of similarity to the regular release rye with the chocolate note standing out. Unfortunately, it also seems to come with the same funky note that doesn't really work for me. Vanilla, milk chocolate, roasted jalapeno, and maybe a wet grassy funk. I like this better than the regular release rye from Balcones, but not by a lot. Was expecting something more similar to the Blue Corn Bourbon, which is especially tasty. This won't be a rebuy from me. Will set my sights next on trying to track down their Wheated Bourbon. Update: I don't know if my palate is off tonight or if this has improved substantially. I'm not getting the vegetal pepper and off-note funk now, but more a chocolatey bourbon that I had hoped for when I bought this, and I'm digging it more now. We'll see if this is a palate issue, but this may be getting a bump in stars. Update 2: It's definitely better. The funky jalapeno/green pepper note isn't completely gone, but the chocolate stands out more and the funk seems diminished. Bumping a quarter point.
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  • Ctrexman
    March 7, 2022

    If you stick with the single malt offerings its hard to not be pleased

  • soonershrink
    March 7, 2022

    @Ctrexman yeah, I think they're much more often hits than misses for me.

  • Ctrexman
    March 7, 2022

    Sorry this was a letdown Balcones is usually rock solid

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