Inaugural Whiskies of the World Atlanta

Even if the locations are not within your regular commute, you can still make the visit happen and find it easily justifiable.

The whiskies presented will be specific for each locale, and the cities provide desirable destinations. But let’s talk about whiskies:

Texas own Balcones Distillery will offer the fans of craft an authentic and all-house made (which, to them, is the only way for craft) whiskey of diversity and uniqueness.

Explore the liquid’s possibilities with the most recent release not to be found anywhere: Balcones Texas Single Malt Whisky.

Distilled from malted barley, as your typical scotch (and spelled in that manner as well), the vibrant whisky enjoys the unique maturation process: it’s cycled through a variety of ex-bourbon and new wood barrels of both small and conventional sizes. By rotating the spirit, different characteristics emerge from each type of wood, depending on the size of the barrel and how long the whisky rests inside. The resulting spirit offers rich, well-integrated notes of pralines, vanilla, brown sugar and caramel, which evolve into fruity notes. The nose and lingering finish offer a lovely toasted malt character, accented by oak and spice; its appears so Scotch-like. But don’t allow this appearance to mislead you; the malt is revolutionary, yes, but has a true Texas spirit. Other expressions by Balcones continue the void for whiskey innovation: Baby Blue, the first blue corn whiskey and Brimstone, a “campfire in a bottle”, whiskey smoked with sun-baked Texas scrub oak instead of traditional Scottish peat.

Sample the whiskey; add your accolades to the awards and gold medals they had so rightfully deserved. Use the Expo as a chance to meet Chip Tate, the prophet of all things craft (assuming you need to be prophesied). And whether it takes a good businessman or an ardent passion (or both), his two-person distillery from the old warehouse expanded into a full-grown facility that is a tourist attraction and a gift shop. Buying gifts there will be easy: one of Balcones whiskeys that they claim already has a buyer for every bottle it makes.