It’s still as sweet as I’d expect a bourbon to be, but less ‘caramel apple’ and more ‘winter spiced cider’. Taking a first sip, the flavors are more nutmeg and chocolate, richer and earthier than the usual bourbon. That said, toffee and vanilla are the primary flavors I can tease out of the scent. Those things are still present, but the richness seems to push them to the background. It smells stronger, too, with a heavy dose of earthyness and less of the typical sweet caramel and vanilla tones.
The liquid is a dark amber color, almost like a tobacco leaf and less like the caramel color you get in something like Bulleit Bourbon. There’s a leather strap that is embedded under the wax that is used to break the seal and allow you to pour the delicious contents. The bottle is capped with a cork stopper which is dipped in wax (similar, but legally distinct from, the way Maker’s Mark does their wax). I get annoyed when I can’t really see what it is I’m purchasing. I appreciate that the logo is simple and the branding is on a transparent background, allowing the rich amber color of the whiskey to take center stage. Especially the smaller versions in the 375ml range - it’s pretty much a standard hip flask. The bottle isn’t breaking any new ground for design here. Since then, this whiskey has officially been designated as a Certified Texas Whiskey which means the entire production process from grain to glass is guaranteed and verified to happen in the state of Texas. When we first published this review there was no such thing as a Texas Whiskey Association, and there was wide lattitude in what could be called a Texas whiskey.
Rumor has it that the latest batch was aged for about three years, but that’s admittedly pure gossip.Ī quick note about the “Texas Straight Bourbon” label. Technically this is a NAS, or No Age Statement, whiskey - meaning they don’t make any claims about the age of their spirit. To combat the stress of that movement, the barrels used by Garrison Brothers are stronger and thicker than typically seen and need to be custom ordered.
This temperature swing pushes and pulls the whiskey into the wood of the barrel more forcefully, leading to a deeper and richer taste. Instead of the more gentle warming and cooling cycles experienced in places like Scotland, the weather in Austin swings wildly and severely during the year. The thing that Garrison Brothers relies upon to differentiate themselves from other bourbons is the extreme Texas heat that matures their whiskey.
The mixture is cooked, fermented, and distilled on site in Hye, Texas (about 60 miles west of Austin). The whiskey starts its life as a mixture of 74% Texas white corn, 15% wheat, and 11% barley. Garrison Brothers regularly holds volunteer bottling events where members of the public can apply to be a bottler for the day, helping the distillery to package their product for sale while “quality control” sampling some of the spirit themselves. Since their first batch was released on March 2nd of 2010 (Texas Independence Day), the distillery has continued to grow and the Texas produced bourbon can now be found in most states in the US. The distillery remains family owned and operated, with Dan Garrison at the helm and his parents, spouse, and children all working in some capacity for the facility.
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In 2006, founder Dan Garrison found himself wanting to do something else besides software marketing (probably one of the most stereotypical Austin, Texas professions) and was granted the first distillery permit for production of bourbon in the state of Texas.
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