10/31/2018
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Here’s to Jim Murray – who in his latest Whiskey Bible, has named our Balmorhea Double Barrel Bourbon “The American Micro Whiskey of the Year” for 2019. This prestigious distinction is highly coveted among whiskey producers, but this isn’t the first time we’ve been fortunate enough to win the award. It's not the second, either. This is, in fact, the third occasion whiskey guru Jim Murray has given one of our bourbons the accolade of best in America. But for the first time ever, it’s for something other than our Cowboy bourbon.
Named after the majestic West Texas swimming hole, Balmorhea is the only double-barrelled bourbon in the Garrison Brothers family. That means it is aged three years in new American white oak barrels made from wood grown in the Ozarks, then the liquid is transferred to a second new American white oak barrel from trees grown in Minnesota and aged another two years. Bottled at 115 proof, the prized liquid comes from a sweet mash bill, like all of the hill country distillery’s releases.
Whiskey connoisseur Jim Murray’s assessment is equally poetic:
“Where do you start…? With the French toast? The molasses on sourdough bread? The spices which simultaneously prickle yet sooth? The Manuka honey smeared over the overcooked fruitcake? The salty, deep tannin...incredible …just incredible….! The sugars form a toasty, sonorous shield that looks as though they are to batter all before them…then melt into a buttery softness. The molasses are in concentrated form, the toastiness profound with the bitter-sweet balance always spot on. The flavor softens in intensity and lowers in weight, as a good finale should, but never loses its shape or integrity. With the characteristics shown earlier until the very final fade; the quality of their whiskey is simply ridiculous. The smaller independent distilleries from outside Kentucky are just not supposed to be this good…. If it doesn’t win some kind of Whiskey Bible gong, then the standard this year must be extraordinary.”
Great article here: https://www.foodnewsfeed.com/content/garrison-brothers-distillery-wins-american-micro-whiskey-year
Cheers, Jim!
