Balcones Texas Rum
For experienced palates who enjoy bold, whiskey‑adjacent rum. This unsweetened 58.5% Texas pot still brings dark cherry, cassis, melasse, roasted nuts and intense oak despite only 2 years of aging. Best sipped neat or with a few drops of water, not as a mixer. RumX members find it surprisingly mature, characterful and distinctly Balcones in style, with a dry, tannic edge and a touch of funky, animalic notes.
- Intense dark fruit
- Powerful oak spice
- Surprisingly mature
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Bold, dry Texas oak-bomb For experienced palates who enjoy bold, whiskey‑adjacent rum. This unsweetened 58.5% Texas pot still brings dark cherry, cassis, melasse, roasted nuts and intense oak despite only 2 years of aging. Best sipped neat or with a few drops of water, not as a mixer. RumX members find it surprisingly mature, characterful and distinctly Balcones in style, with a dry, tannic edge and a touch of funky, animalic notes.
Bourbon and Balcones whiskey fans wanting a dry, high‑ABV rum with dark fruit, roasted nut and heavy oak notes.
Those sensitive to high ABV or looking for a sweet, soft sipper; the dry, tannic, slightly bitter profile can feel aggressive.
How is Balcones Texas Rum rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 7.8 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 96% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Rum reviews
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Review by Boletus
Unverkennbar ein Balcones-Produkt! Trotz nur 2 Jahren Lagerung wirkt er erstaunlich reif. In der Nase zeigen sich fruchtige Aromen, dunkle Kirschen, schwarze Johannisbeere; irgendwie auch so wie eine Netz-Melone mit einem leicht überreifen Stich. Wirkt auch ein bisschen "funky", erinnert an frischen würzigen Schweiß, jetzt nicht unangenehm und stinkig, eher animalisch. Florale Untertöne, Grabblumen; dazu etwas Leder und Tabak, Vanille und Kakao und für die Brennerei so typischen aromatischen Eichenaromen. Im Mund dann sehr voll, nussig und würzig mit Karamell und Melasse; im Hintergrund noch ein paar säuerlich fruchtige Akzente, die Melone wirkt jetzt eher unreif, auch wieder Kirschen. Deutliche Eiche baut sich auf, ein bisschen angekohlt, aber nicht bitter, Vanille, auch minimal Kokos. Sehr lecker! Im langen Abgang dann wieder die hocharomatische Eiche mit gerösteten Nüssen, viel Vanille und etwas Kokos, wenig Holzkohleabrieb und auch der würzig-schwitzige Eindruck ist wieder da. Wer den Balcones-Style der Whiskys mag, der wird auch mit diesem Rum seine Freude haben.
Review by Frank
Here Batch 21-1 at 58.5%, the second of my two souvenir bottles from San Francisco. Nose: of course almost identical to Batch 20-1.Powerful and complex with wood, vinegar, caramel, tropical fruit, molasses and a nice leather-tobacco-smoke blend. Very pleasant on the nose, encourages tasting.A bit finer on the palate than Batch 20-1. more licorice, more cassis, but also a bit shorter in appearance. Still strong oak and nicely toasty. A real positive surprise for me. Only 2 years aging, but under the blazing Texas sun. Alcohol very well integrated in both. Lots of flavors on the nose and palate. The must have tried in any case!
Review by Lukas Jäger
After batch 20-1 (for the review see RX3293)now 21-1:Very similar to the brother with 62%, if the nose here also seems a bit rounder. Perhaps because of the lower ABV, but also because another note joins, which is rather musty-musty to me and reminds me of damp wood.On the palate similar: Again a bit more moderate, more well-behaved, than the younger with more power and at the same time even more the impression of drinking an older Spaniard. Unlike many of these bottlings but not boring, but quite tasty and yet somehow different!Overall, perhaps a bit more boring than the bottling with 62%, but equally worth trying! Young and yet with character and again something new from a rumtechnisch rather unknown country. I like that!
Review by Kay Meertens
Raspberry, orange, yellow raisin, cherry and spice.
Review by Gasparini Andrea
Alcohol is well present
Review by Adrien B
Boisé assez dense. Fruit rouge, noyau de cerise. Du tanin. Du souffre. Attaque sympa mais ne se déploie pas ensuite. Intéressant dans être foufou non plus.
Review by Andi
Die ersten Schlücke haben mich nicht ganz überzeugt. Aber dann nach ein paar Minuten im Glas hat er mich doch sehr positiv überrascht. Nachtrag: Foto
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Alcohol unfortunately not quite as well integrated. Overall, significantly less fruit notes and generally complexity compared to the new batch with 51.9% and for me personally too dry, a bit too bitter and too astringent. Has somehow something straw-like in the finish...
Review by maxlasvegas
Nice rum form TX. I’d sip this. Don’t mix it
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"Despite just 24 months in the barrel, the barrel has worked extremely due to the extreme tenperature differences in Texas. Exciting rum."Read full review →
Community purchases
19 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 6 members.
About the Balcones distillery
The Balcones distillery is located in USA. Rums from Balcones have been reviewed 100 times with an average of 7.9/10.
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