I am not a fan of rating whiskies on a number scale. I judge them off “was it a good buy” and then “would I buy it again”. This one is worth buying once. It is hard to say if I get a resemblance of Shiner. Not a great Balcones example but if you like Balcones this is a fun one to have something different. I think this one deserves a higher rating...if I was into that sort of thing.