Balcones Texas Rum

Texas Rum offers a nutty and woody aroma with a rich, caramel flavor, presenting a bold and complex cask strength experience from Balcones Distillery.

7.8  / 10  (23 reviews)

Bold, woody, and intriguingly complex rum.

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    How does this rum taste?

    • Complex aromatics
    • Rich and bold flavor
    • Mature beyond age

    Texas Rum, produced by Balcones Distillery, is an American cask strength spirit distilled from molasses in a pot still. With a high ABV of 58.5%, this rum presents a complex aromatic profile featuring nutty, woody, and tobacco notes. The taste is characterized by caramel, honey, and roasted flavors, offering a rich, full-bodied experience. Despite its young age of two years, it showcases maturity with hints of oak, vanilla, and subtle fruitiness. Users have noted its distinct Balcones identity, offering both intrigue and warmth, though some mention a slightly dry or astringent finish.

    Aroma

    Nutty Woody Honey Tobacco

    Taste

    Caramel Honey Woody Vanilla

    How is this rum rated?

    7.8  / 10  (23 reviews)
    Top 30% USA

    "Despite just 24 months in the barrel, the barrel has worked extremely due to the extreme tenperature differences in Texas. Exciting rum."

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    8.2 / 10
    Review by: Zucker und Zeste

    "Here Batch 21-1 at 58.5%, the second of my two souvenir bottles from San Francisco. Nose: of course almost identical to Batch 20-1.Powerful and complex with wood, vinegar, caramel, tropical fruit, molasses and a nice leather-tobacco-smoke blend. Very pleasant on the nose, encourages tasting.A bit finer on the palate than Batch 20-1. more licorice, more cassis, but also a bit shorter in appearance. Still strong oak and nicely toasty. A real positive surprise for me. Only 2 years aging, but under the blazing Texas sun. Alcohol very well integrated in both. Lots of flavors on the nose and palate. The must have tried in any case!"

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    8.5 / 10
    Review by: Frank

    "Alcohol unfortunately not quite as well integrated. Overall, significantly less fruit notes and generally complexity compared to the new batch with 51.9% and for me personally too dry, a bit too bitter and too astringent. Has somehow something straw-like in the finish..."

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    7.6 / 10
    Review by: crazyforgoodbooze

    "After batch 20-1 (for the review see RX3293)now 21-1:Very similar to the brother with 62%, if the nose here also seems a bit rounder. Perhaps because of the lower ABV, but also because another note joins, which is rather musty-musty to me and reminds me of damp wood.On the palate similar: Again a bit more moderate, more well-behaved, than the younger with more power and at the same time even more the impression of drinking an older Spaniard. Unlike many of these bottlings but not boring, but quite tasty and yet somehow different!Overall, perhaps a bit more boring than the bottling with 62%, but equally worth trying! Young and yet with character and again something new from a rumtechnisch rather unknown country. I like that!"

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    8.3 / 10
    Review by: Lukas Jäger
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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    RumX ID
    RX12074
    ABV
    58,5%
    Category
    Pot Still Rum
    Made from
    Molasses
    Distillation
    Pot Still
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <100€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Balcones 58,5% Texas Rum

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    Ø Market value
    65€

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    About the Balcones distillery

    The Balcones distillery is located in USA. Rums from Balcones have been reviewed 86 times with an average of 7.9/10.


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