Tahwahkaro Cask Strength Straight Bourbon 90 points, 64.3%, $65Alluringly dark and fragrant, sending forth aromas of grape jelly, dried strawberries, and apricots. Sizzling and spicy on the palate, but water ushers in a rich array of flavors-raspberries, chocolate, bitter espresso, walnut, and pepper spice.Heat and lots of spice reemerge on the finish, with the berry and chocolate notes lingering. Pleasant grapey and oak-influenced berry aromas on the nose. 36 Cask Strength Bourbon 91 points, 67.1%, $90 More tropical notes and powdered sugar follow on the palate, along with hot chocolate, roasted nuts, grain notes, pepper, and barrel char. Balcones Lineage Single Malt (Batch SML20-2) 91 points, 47%, $40Orange blossom, tropical notes of lime, pineapple, and guava, as well as fruitcake, powdered sugar, maple syrup, and balanced oak on the nose. There's a luscious sherried-like quality, coupled with an appealingly rugged earthiness, both integrating with cedar, barbecue fire, smoked brisket, rich dark chocolate, and espresso, then sprinkled with paprika and cayenne pepper. Andalusia Stryker Smoked Single Malt 91 points, 50%, $50Thick and chewy, with dark untamed notes of prune, cooked blueberries, incense, sage, and saddle leather. A medium-length finish shows darker fruits, like figs and raisins, as well as chocolate syrup and black cherry. The palate has a creamy texture and notes of chocolate fudge, allspice, and cherries. Stewed prunes, toasted oak, orange peel, butterscotch, and vanilla on the nose. Top Texas Whiskeys To Try Right Nowįirestone & Robertson TX PX Sherry Cask-Finished Bourbon 92 points, 50.8%, $65 The following whiskeys showcase some of the best that Texas has to offer, and there's a little something for everyone. At the heart of many of these Texas whiskeys is big, bold flavor, which is adjoined by similarly big proof (a side effect of the intense heat and humidity that's present across the state for much of the year).While bourbon is perhaps the most popular style in Texas right now, with distillers lending their own twists to differentiate from Kentucky counterparts, increasingly experiments in single malt, rye, wheat whiskeys, and more is ongoing. All manner of whiskey is coming from Texas these days, as distillers work with the state's climate and locally made grains to produce a breadth of styles.
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