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Austin Dead Blog: Post 5
Monday Night: On Which I’m Determined to Sleep
I didn’t stay out too late last night, trying instead to get some rest. But some weird combination of factors – noise outside, people in the halls, some sort of weird allergy thing, the time difference – has been waking me up early every morning since I got here, and last night was no exception.
So tonight, I’m determined to get some damn sleep.
As such, it’s been a pretty low key night. More drinks at Haddington’s, this time with dinner. The food there’s pretty damn good, and I just ate a pork chop almost three inches thick that was impressively moist throughout. I also drank a brand of bourbon of which I was not previously aware.
Balcones is a distillery based in Waco, Texas, which I didn’t know when I ordered their True Blue whiskey, but I do now thanks to some fine reporting.
(Interestingly enough, about an hour before I ordered it, I saw an incredibly large man out of the corner of my eye. He looked familiar. With good reason, I think. I’m about 90% sure it was fellow Michigan alumnus and NFL football player and TV star and all-around good dude, Dhani Jones. True Blue, indeed.)
Compared to my friend’s whiskey – another small batch booze, this one from Colorado – the True Blue was markedly lighter. As it turns out, that’s because it has very little age on it. You’d never know it, though, from the nose, which is initially full of cocoa to me. Unlike other young whiskeys I’ve had, this manages to imply sweetness in the form of caramel and tiny bits of vanilla flavor. I wonder if part of that is the blue corn? Either way, there’s a lot going on here for a young spirit, yet it remains dry (and drinkable, despite the 122 proof).
It’s hard to say much of anything after one glass, but these Texans at Balcones are making some solid whiskey. I have to imagine it’s impossible to get, even in a less-than-legal way, in Michigan, but if you’re a boozehound, search this one out.
2011.03.15 Evan Hansen at 12:38 am
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One Response to Austin Dead Blog: Post 5
Thanks for the kind words, and I’m glad you got to taste our little bit of Texas. We have been told by folks up your way to get up there quickly because of the “true blue” tie-in…so we’re working on it! FYI,
True Blue is small- barrel aged for about two years and bottled at cask strength. You can find more info on it at our website,
Balconesdistilling.com