kydsid
05-25-2011, 08:19 PM
This is the first bourbon made outside of TN and KY in the US and is a Texas original down to its ingredients.
They started with a 2008 vintage and release teaser 375ml bottles twice in 2010 that sold out within days.
Recently the first full 750ml bottles came out. Only available in the Texas hill country , a scant hand numbered
4200 bottles were made available. I had to pull a few favors to get these bottles.
I am not a bourbon fiend, but do enjoy a good bourbon and beer from time to time so bear with me.
On to the review:
Tasting done neat with a side of water.
Pours clean and neat with a lovely caramel color. Very fruity nose with a definite hint of the heat
to come (94 proof). First sip is cool to the lips, with a great bourbon flavor (sorry can't describe this).
When swallowed a punch of heat followed by mellow warmth. As the warmth subside nice woodsy after taste.
All in all a good bourbon to pair with cigars, but then again I haven't found one that doesn't.
As their distribution increases I hope to be able to source this bourbon consistently. It is a worthy effort
of a small family owned distillery, something we woefully lack in Texas.
http://www.goodluckmakingrent.com/images/imag0252.jpg
http://www.goodluckmakingrent.com/images/imag0251sfs.jpg
http://www.garrisonbros.com/garrison_brothers_texas_bourbon_whiskey.html
They started with a 2008 vintage and release teaser 375ml bottles twice in 2010 that sold out within days.
Recently the first full 750ml bottles came out. Only available in the Texas hill country , a scant hand numbered
4200 bottles were made available. I had to pull a few favors to get these bottles.
I am not a bourbon fiend, but do enjoy a good bourbon and beer from time to time so bear with me.
On to the review:
Tasting done neat with a side of water.
Pours clean and neat with a lovely caramel color. Very fruity nose with a definite hint of the heat
to come (94 proof). First sip is cool to the lips, with a great bourbon flavor (sorry can't describe this).
When swallowed a punch of heat followed by mellow warmth. As the warmth subside nice woodsy after taste.
All in all a good bourbon to pair with cigars, but then again I haven't found one that doesn't.
As their distribution increases I hope to be able to source this bourbon consistently. It is a worthy effort
of a small family owned distillery, something we woefully lack in Texas.
http://www.goodluckmakingrent.com/images/imag0252.jpg
http://www.goodluckmakingrent.com/images/imag0251sfs.jpg
http://www.garrisonbros.com/garrison_brothers_texas_bourbon_whiskey.html