Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Tito’s is made at the oldest distillery in Texas (dating from way back in 1997). It’s got a slight earthy nose and more than a little earthy and mineral taste. That’s not much of a surprise given the...
View ArticleDripping Springs Vodka
Dripping Springs Vodka doesn’t have too much of a nose, but has a fairly heavy mouth feel, and feels viscous and almost oily. The taste is rather smooth, with some slight bitter aftertaste, but more...
View ArticleTreaty Oak Platinum Rum
Sweet vanilla nose with a bit of caramel candy. Smells like dessert. The taste profile is less sweet and not as cloying to palate as I might have suspected from the nose and from the thick syrupy feel...
View ArticleBalcones Baby Blue Hopi Corn Whisky
I used a snifter for this one, since I drink my Scotch and other whiskeys that way, but after getting an initial whiff it seems pretty clear that this one is better served in a shot glass. It has a...
View ArticleBalcones Rumble
Surprisingly, for a domestic creation, the nose is like something between a cachaca and a tequila, but not in a rough way. There’s also a lot of honey fragrance, which gives it a competing smoothness...
View ArticleReview: Cinco vodka
Cinco Five Star Vodka is a wheat vodka made using water from the Edwards Aquifer, which underlies the San Antonio area. The amber wheat is described as from “the great American Heartland”, which...
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