God Bless Texas

In my last post I mentioned that I had a chance to try Baby Blue Corn Whiskey from Waco Texas' Balcones Distillery. It was a very nice unaged whiskey made from blue corn. Now comes news of another exciting product out of Texas, this one a more traditional two year old bourbon being released in very small batches.

The limited release makes a quick Texas road trip quite tempting as cold weather rolls in here in the mid-Atlantic. The bourbon is known as Garrison Brothers Texas Bourbon Whiskey and is being produced in Hye, TX about 50 miles west of Austin. If you get a chance to try any I'd love to hear how their first vintage shapes up.

Report from Portland

I'm back from the Great American Distillers Festival in Portland, OR, and now that I'm over my jet-lag I thought I'd start writing about it a bit. First things first, there was some good whiskey at the festival that I hadn't had a chance to taste before. So without further ado, my top five whiskies from the weekend:

1. W.H. Harrison Indiana Straight Bourbon - As a bourbon fan, I had to tip my had to this brand new bourbon out of Indiana that just hit the market and also just hit the nail on the head as far as making a delicious sippin' bourbon. The 80 proof straight bourbon was good neat, but the Governor's Reserve Barrel Proof version, with a dash of water added, was amazing at 115 proof. Lots of rye spice and being named after a U.S. President made this my favorite whiskey of the festival.

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