Balcones Bourbon Whiskey Texas Pot Still

Balcones Pot Still Bourbon Whiskey This all-new Balcones Texas Pot Still Bourbon, is distilled from a special mash of roasted blue corn, Texas wheat, Texas rye, and malted barley.This all-new Balcones Texas Pot Still Bourbon, is distilled from roasted blue corn, Texas wheat, Texas rye and malted barley in pot stills before being matured for two years in new charred oak barrels. It is then bottled at 92 proof.Texas Pot Still Bourbon is about inclusivity, aid Jared Himstedt, head distiller of Balcones Distilling, in a press release. We wanted to create something that both long-time Balcones enthusiasts and people who are experiencing us for the first time can appreciate.The relatively young whiskey is said to have opening aromas of Honeycrisp apples, kettle corn, and graham cracker. On the palate it delivers honey, sweet cream, and candied pecans and finishes soft and sweet with a tannic fade and lingering spice. No doubt future releases and individual barrels will develop a diverse and complex set of flavors, as well.The bourbon, which is aged for 2 years, is crafted with a mash bill of roasted blue corn, Texas wheat, Texas Rye and malted barley, though percentages werent initially shared.Pot stills, while regularly used in the making of Scotch whisky, are rarely seen in the world of bourbon, where theyre replaced instead by continuous or column stills. The main difference between the two is that columns produce constant flows of spirit, while pot stills operate in a batch-making process.