Ctrexman
Balcones Peated Single Malt Sauternes Cask
Single Malt — Texas, USA
Reviewed
April 6, 2022 (edited November 2, 2022)
Another generous sample from sooner. This is wonderful American single malt. Balcones has totally got their shit together and are churning out high quality single malts that can compete against anything in their price range. This is kind of a combo malt. The Peated SM is out of this world and the sauternes finished Pilgrimage is amazing as well. This is a marriage of the 2 ...or is it. The Peated takes charge and sits above the sweetness of the sauternes but does not cancel it out. We are left with a delicious merging of the flavors. Sure if you want the succulent fruit bomb Pilgrimage gets the nod and the standard Peated beats them both for complexity and overall wow factor....but this still delivers in spades.......90/100.... If you see any of the 3 buy them, buy them all they are that good
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@soonershrink prices definately…they need to make their positive ROI and then some. Quality…hopefully not if they keep the same folks at helm. Either way…I might stock up a few at today’s prices of my favorites from them
@PBMichiganWolverine wow! Does that mean we can expect the quality to decline and the prices to go up?
@Ctrexman @soonershrink and one more to the wayside—-Balcones just got acquired by Diageo
@thechad yeah Balcones will do that to ya. The peated really is glorious though
There are two Peated SMs on the shelf at my local store. You’re making it really hard to save money for my other hobbies.