COB Interview | Balcones Eclipse Review | Histories of Whiskey | Episode# 122
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- COB Interview, Balcones Eclipse Review and Histories of Whiskey. This is our most ambitious episode yet! In our first segment, we co-host with Nick Tha Fish during our interview with Cult of Balcones (COB) Facebook whiskey group members Mike Pierce, Eric Elvigan and Eric McKinley. We share why we all love and enjoy Balcones whisky, how their group was created, barrel picks, and the future vision for this group.
In our 2nd segment, Whiskey One does a review of an international exclusive release from Balcones: Eclipse Cask Strength Texas Rye. You won't wanna miss what he has to say about this bottle!
In our final segment, we feature a first time appearance by Whiskey One Channel's Ms. Brenna who gives us a glimpse into Texas' whiskey past and the story behind Jabez Fitzgerald and ultimately what happened to his distillery.
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Didnt know about the Malt Society release. Good info. Impressed.
Very happy you enjoyed this one! Wish I could get my hands on that bottle!
The post-action Whiskey Review is a nice touch.
Lots was said “off-camera”. Thanks goodness we weren’t recording before we got started. I wasn’t very happy with all the technical mishaps and visibly pissed off. Eh, as they say the show must go on and we all got into form when we needed to. Thx for watching till the end 🥃
This was a lot of fun.
Great guest! Hope to have ya again 🥃
Completely agree with your sentiments on how Balcones is always pushing the envelope, but somehow staying true to themselves. Also, wth is Eric M wearing?! 😂
Love you guys!
-ThooperMan
I found myself asking that very question…
That's his uniform, duh.
What a treat to see beautiful Brenna on camera...and Texas whiskey history as lagnappe. Hope to see her on future casts
She seemed pretty comfortable on camera or at least did a good job of hiding any reservations for it. There’s still plenty to talk about so I think we can count on her return.
A lot of bourbon drinkers don't like Balcones and the same bunch don't seem to like Scotch or American Single Malts... But once their tastes start to mature, they'll appreciate Scotch, ASM, and Balcones. Bourbon is great, but it's more nuanced. Like a ballet for your taste buds... While Balcones is like a full on street fight where only the strongest is coming out of it okay. And that's just not for everyone. But those that are adventurous enough, Balcones is something they'll like.
Valid points and must agree Balcones is definitely for the curious, adventurous and mature sippers. Bring on the palate street fights !
Palate street fight! I love that!
Good to see you again, Israel. 🙂
As you know, I'm a Balcones fan. But it breaks my 💔 heart that they're discontinuing the Texas Pot Still Bourbon. That's good juice, and the cheapest bottle they have.
2:41 I wouldn't call what makes Balcones whisky distinctive a "funk." That term implies something bizarre or unpleasant, and it's neither of those things. I call it "the Balcones touch," and it's why their juice isn't part of the crowd. 🙂
If I was on Facebook still I'd go hunt up the CoB group, but... 🥃 I'd start my own version (with a different name, so as not to steal y'all's 🙂) on MeWe, but I've found that so few people in the whiskey groups I'm in like Balcones Distilling that it wouldn't be feasible.
11:27 Oh, I gotta answer that! 😀 I started drinking whiskey in September of 2021, and since I'm a Texan 🤠 I wanted to try every Texas whisky I could. In December of 2021 I got a bottle of the Texas Pot Still Bourbon, and it was *GORGEOUS.* It was my favorite whiskey from the first sip. I've also found the Baby Blue and the Lineage delicious, and so was the one bottle of True Blue I've had. The only thing from Balcones I've had that I didn't love was the 100 proof rye - and that I couldn't stand (I might like it now, but I'm afraid to try it again, it was so awful).
It occurs to me that from what I've heard, and from my limited experience, most Texas distillers are trying to moderate the aspects that are unique to Texas, and produce stuff that resembles Kentucky juice (e.g. Still Austin's Musician or Firestone & Robertson's TX bourbon). But Balcones isn't trying to be anything besides Texas. We say that everything's bigger in Texas, and the folks at Balcones don't apologize for that Texas confidence. They have the same attitude that lies behind the saying, "One riot, one Ranger." ⭐
40:42 When I posted a picture of my True Blue on MeWe, it was so dark that someone claimed that Balcones had added color. But it was a straight whisky, so that wasn't the case. It's just that two years or more in the Waco climate, even in used or uncharred barrels, imparts a ton more color and flavor than you get in Kentucky or Tennessee.
53:59 I'm a Southern boy, so to me Miz Brenna is perfectly normal. It's how we show familiar respect to someone who we know well enough that we don't say Mrs./Ms. X, but not well enough to just use the first name. 🙂
1:01:06 Balcones was the first legal distillery in Texas after Prohibition. Garrison Brothers was the first legal *bourbon* distillery in Texas after Prohibition. Balcones beat Garrison Brothers by a year or so, but it was with barley whisky, not bourbon. 🙂
It was a relief to finally put this all together and deliver my most ambitious video yet, and it sounds like you enjoyed it which brings me joy. Based on your suggestion I will refer to the term Balcones touch, from time to time, but I will add although I know where you were going with “funk” let’s not forget funk is also used to describe things we can’t quite put our finger on but we like it when we hear in terms of music. Another rabbit hole to go down but I know you know what I mean 😂.
Ms. Brenna will likely return since there’s a lot to uncover I the book she’s reading and most people these days like a good story shared rather than a good story read. That could just be me anyways who knows.
It saddens me too to see the bourbons go but there’s a lot more they have to share with us that it’s not a total loss.
Until next time my friend 🥃💯
Movie stars!
Which ones? 😂
@@WHISKEYONEall of us!
@@mikepierce5621 Absolutely! You all did an amazing job and are such great guests. This is hands down my favorite video yet, because of all of you!
I finally broke down, a couple or three weeks ago, and returned to Facebook after several years away specifically to join two groups - Randy Sullivan's Bourbon Real Talk Community, and the Cult of Balcones. I applied to join the CoB, and nothing happened. So I tried again, and now I can't even find the group - apparently they blocked me. I answered the questions, so I know that's not it. I hate to ask a favor, but if you could let someone from the CoB know that I'm a real person and love Balcones Distilling, I'd really appreciate it. 🙂
I’m not sure why the mixup but I’ll ask them now. What’s the name you use on FB?
@@WHISKEYONE The same one I'm using here - Whisky For Beginners. 🙂