- Raided Score: 60
- Publication: Whiskey Consensus
- Excerpt: I don’t really like how Balcones states that they keep it young to preserve the flavor of the blue corn. Then, they charge a premium for a very, very young whisky that doesn’t have much going for it other than an in your face youth flavor profile that not many whiskey drinkers actually enjoy.
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- Raided Score: 85
- Publication: Drinkhacker
- Excerpt: Overall, it’s still not my favorite whiskey in the world, but Baby Blue is, at present, the best it’s ever been.
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- Raided Score: 92
- Publication: Distiller
- Excerpt: The palate is thick with apples, cream, and baked spiced butter. Finishes moderately with another hit of bananas foster alongside vanilla.
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- Raided Score: 82
- Publication: The Whiskey Jug
- Excerpt: I enjoy the warm, almost nutty corn and vanilla aspect that flows through it. While it’s not complex it is tasty and well composed.
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- Raided Score: 77
- Publication: Whiskey Raiders
- Excerpt: I really enjoyed the nose, the palate was good and the finish wasn’t bad. That’s saying a lot here in Craft Whiskey Land
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- Raided Score: 85
- Publication: Whiskey Advocate
- Excerpt: The palate is hot, dry, and somewhat ashy, with billowing smoke, tobacco leaf, and nuttiness, undercut by lime and orange oil.
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Intro:
This is supposedly (according to Balcones) the first whiskey on the market, produced in Texas, since Prohibition. It is made from heirloom blue corn.
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Nose:
Sweet rich cream. Nice vanilla. Muted corn. Not much else here.
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Taste:
Corn, caramel, odd vitamin note. Some cocoa, light oak, pepper. Weird fruity notes. Thin, no real heat. Sort of musty.
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Finish:
Short, no real heat here. Tastes like shredded wheat cereal, faint oak, some vanilla.
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Overall:
This isn't terrible, the nose is the best part, though. From there its down hill. I'm going to give this a 4, though. I really enjoyed the nose, the palate was good and the finish wasn't bad. That's saying a lot here in Craft Whiskey Land
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Score:
4
- Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources
