- Nose: 21 Palate: 21 Finish: 21 Balance: 19 Total: 82
- Nose: Musty, dunnage warehouse
- Palate: Red wine, oaky, chocolate, hot
- Finish: Long - cocoa, prunes, red wine and some funk
- Balance: Hot and funky
- Type: Single Malt
- Age: 2
- ABV: 62.9%
- Distiller: Balcones
- Where made: Waco TX USA
- Region: USA
- Approximate Price: $65
- Value: OK
Tasted as Day 10 of The Saratoga Whiskey Club Advent Calendar 2022. Every day is a new adventure with a blind tasting, where we each try to guess the country of origin, the type and age of the whisk(e)y, and the ABV, followed by a reveal at 9PM. This single barrel store pick from Total Wine was distilled May 15, 2017 and bottled July 4, 2019. It was from barrel # 17280 - American Oak. From my tasting notes, I could've sworn there was a wine finish, but there wasn't. Photo courtesy of Charles Grabitzky.