Balcones Baby Blue Corn Whiskey 70cl

500 char limit sucks! SO's birthday this weekend. She likes JB White 🤢Want to elevate her experience without a slapping for a ~£200 bottle of bourbon, so exploring bourbon mash bill instead (corn & rye). This is the corn. As bottled, slightly "hot". Splash of water to cut to ~40%. Really interesting. Sweetness, vanilla of an OK bourbon, BUT oodles of spicy nuttiness. Oak, nutmeg, banana, clove, cinnamon, pepper, cardamom. Syrupy mouthfeel. It's a taste experience and great value. Try it!

If you fancy a different dram, then check out this baby corn whiskey. Nutty, not harsh, lovely at room temp. A nice price for something a little different.

The nose is plain and simple a vanilla bomb, like you've just licked the middle of 20 custard creams in a row. There's a also a hint of orange peel, but vanilla rules the roost here.
It's very gentle in the mouth, the creaminess really builds. There's icing sugar, vanilla, butterscotch and some cinnamon. After a swish there's a little fruit like from stewed apple and the merest suggestion of salted toffee.
The spice really lingers on the finish.

A smooth almost silky example of the distillers art and skill

Viscous oily and it has a nutty flavour with a BBQ corn/nut flavour. It’s very easy drinking has a slight kick at the end but it’s very viscous especially after drinking a lowland single malt in comparison. I think that this has great potential for long ageing in a French brandy barrels. It’s lacking layers but has all the ingredients for an American icon (never a classic because these guys are trying a new approach classic and I’m fully onboard however it needs the input of a Scotsman and my feeble nose is never going to trump the nose of a man who has 5 or 6 of generations of distillery mangers or warehousemen in his family.

Wonderfully smooth!

I really enjoyed this. The nose reminded me of rich tea biscuits with butter and a light vanilla.
The palate too was sweet but with a nice warming spice. The finish was long and sweet with a slight licorice note coming through.
Different and very enjoyable

Absolutely beautiful. Lovely Texan whisky. Definitely my favourite!

I saw another review that said they were let down by the finish of this whiskey. I wholeheartedly disagree. The finish is smooth and begs for another sip! Love Baby Blue.

I don’t know why these people are saying it tastes like tequila. It tastes nothing like tequila. It’s a little sweet. It’s really nice for hot weather. Refreshing.