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kydsid · 05-26-2011, 03:52 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.

MP · 06-14-2011, 03:47 PM

Sampled 2 fingers of this at my brother's 2 weeks ago.
Niiiiice.

grtrx · 06-14-2011, 06:55 PM

Glad you enjoyed it.

I think the claim about first bourbon outside of KY/TN is arguable, but what the hell.

kydsid · 06-14-2011, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grtrx

Glad you enjoyed it.

I think the claim about first bourbon outside of KY/TN is arguable, but what the hell.

Well maybe some dramatic license, cause I really don't know. But it is the first Texas Bourbon for sure. Texas really hasn't had a liqour industry until very recently. The first licensed distillery didn't open until the 1990's.

grtrx · 06-15-2011, 06:48 AM

VA and PA have made bourbon in the past... and VA now has a couple of distilleries including one making a scotch style whisky. It is great to see artisinal distillers popping up in many places. Seems like the microbrewery trend is spreading into distilled spirits. and that is good.

05-26-2011, 03:52 PM	#1
kydsid Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 114	Garrison Bros Bourbon - Texas' First 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. Last edited by kydsid; 06-14-2011 at 07:09 PM.

06-14-2011, 06:55 PM	#3
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,532	Glad you enjoyed it. I think the claim about first bourbon outside of KY/TN is arguable, but what the hell. __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

06-15-2011, 06:48 AM	#5
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,532	VA and PA have made bourbon in the past... and VA now has a couple of distilleries including one making a scotch style whisky. It is great to see artisinal distillers popping up in many places. Seems like the microbrewery trend is spreading into distilled spirits. and that is good. __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

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MP Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Alice, TX Posts: 466	Sampled 2 fingers of this at my brother's 2 weeks ago. Niiiiice.