![]() Texas also produces some fine single malt whiskey and Balcones Distilling in the heart of Waco is one of the leaders in this category (it refers to its products as ‘whisky’ without the ‘e’). Bourbons must also be aged in new American charred oak barrels, distilled to a maximum of 80% abv, and enter the barrel at no more than 62.5% abv. The remaining grain, composition chosen by the distillery, affects the flavours of the whiskey, its colour, boldness and richness, allowing for individual producers to make whiskeys unique to its label some even use 100% corn. Barley doesn’t grow very well in Texas, so here it’s mostly rye or wheat,” he adds. “Bourbons have to use at least 51% corn, the secondary ingredient can vary and this is where distillers get creative in using barley, rye or wheat. “The legal definition for a bourbon is that it needs to be made in America and the production cannot be outside of the country,” says Tony Gonzales, chief marketing officer/serjeant-at-arms at Treaty Oak Distilling in the state’s Hill Country region. In Texas there are a number of different styles of whiskeys made, although bourbon is the most popular. In America, for a whiskey to be classified as a bourbon, it needs to have been made within one of the 50 states. In 2019, there were 17 producers of Texan whiskey, most are independent craft distillers (making under 2.8m litres/750,000 gallons a year), who joined together and formed the Texas Whiskey Association to help promote products as being unique to the state.īourbon is the whiskey most associated with the US. Balcones Distilling followed shortly after, and started distilling in 2009. ![]() In 2006, Garrison Brothers got their license and started distilling the first legal whiskey in Texas since Prohibition, releasing their first bourbon for sale in 2010. In recent years, Texas whiskey has developed a significant fan base with a dramatic rise in sales and production happening over the last decade. However, due to the constantly changing weather and limestone filtered water, there are also conversations happening around the concept of how terroir affects whiskeys across the state. Such oscillating temperatures result in a variation of aromas and flavour profile, starting sweet on the nose but robust on the palate.Įach distillery across the panhandle has a unique recipe and differences in the production process, from the use of blue corn, to locally grown wheat, and the use of barley in the ever-growing American single malt category. ![]() They expand in the heat, resulting in rapid evaporation of the whiskey called the ‘angel’s share’ or ‘angel’s envy’, and contract in the cold. This has an impact on the casks – which the whiskey is aged in. In contrast to other whiskey producing states that encounter seasonal shifts in weather, constant temperature swings in Texas can result in four seasons in one day. It’s particularly distinctive thanks to the state’s weather conditions. Texas whiskey is a grain-based spirit made and aged within the state of Texas.
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