Temperature, humidity and air pressure all can affect the production and taste of whiskey. Distillers are hoping to harness these elements to make the drink better.
Balcones Distilling announced the release of Big Baby 2022, a five-year-old bottled-in-bond straight corn whisky that will shepherd in the next generation of the distillery’s corn whiskies. Matured in used tequila casks from Mexico, Big Baby 2022 is the distillery’s first foray into bottled-in-bond whisky, which requires that the whisky is a product of a single distiller in a single season, aged for a minimum of four years in a federally bonded warehouse and bottled at 50 percent alcohol by volume (ABV).
Balcones Distilling and Rock & Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top announced today the return of their iconic collaborative whisky, Tres Hombres. The one-of-a-kind expression was originally released in November of last year, with presale selling out within minutes.