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Balcones ZZ Top Tres Hombres
Other Whiskey — Texas, USA
Reviewed
November 7, 2022 (edited November 8, 2022)
N: Toffee, red fruit, apple, caramel, tropical fruit, pecan pie, coconut, herbal, nutty. The core elements of bourbon, single malt, and rye are all present, and all have the character of different Balcones whiskies. Really impressive.
P: Red fruit, sweet bread, cinnamon, caramel, vanilla ice cream with a strawberry syrup drizzle, dark chocolate, candied cinnamon.
F: Sweet and spicy with fresh red fruit, strawberry, baked bread, cinnamon, faintly woody notes with char and tannin, some rye herbal notes, dark chocolate.
This is my second bottle of this stuff and I really just can't keep my hands off it. It's a perfect blend with very clear and pleasurable elements of bourbon, single malt, and rye. But, not just that, it's Balcones bourbon, single malt, and rye. The sweet frosting notes of Balcones bourbons mix perfectly with the fruity and bready notes of the their single malts, while also playing nicely with their high rye bourbons and straight ryes. I feel like I'm not saying it well. It's like a blend of True Blue, a good single barrel of their Single Malt, and the High Rye Bourbon (which has that notable chocolate note of the Rye, but a little less so). It's some of the greatest hits of Balcones. I guess that makes sense.
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@Ctrexman @skillerified. This might be one of those where your mileage may vary. I wasn’t a fan—-but that’s just me
@Ctrexman Yeah, I would give it a shot. I'm thinking this is permanent rotation juice so long as it's available.
Ive passed on this many times thinking the rye would dominate the profile with all that chocolate and christmas. Obviously a mistake on my part
So it tastes as good as Tube Snake Boogie sounds