You can do both a whiskey and a beer tasting and tour the distillery and the brewery.įor a nice interlude, visit the historic town of Blanco. The Real Spirits distillery started out as a brewery and it still makes beer and ages some of its whiskey in the beer barrels. Of course, they also have one of the biggest stills in Texas, holding 1,000 gallons. Their vibe is relaxation and savoring the taste of what they offer. There are picnic tables and garden chairs under a huge oak tree, and comfy club chairs inside to enjoy your spirits. Their distillery exterior is rustic and decorated with loads of flowers. Milam & Greene is run by two women distillers with Tennessee heritage. Ten miles farther south is the town of Blanco, where you can visit Milam & Greene Whiskey and Real Spirits. You can sit outside and look out over the working ranch that belongs to the distillery owners. Outside there are tables under a roof (shade is essential in Texas) and a food truck is onsite. There’s also inside seating in a reading room and at the bar to enjoy your beverages. Comfy couches and tables fill two floors. Twenty miles down the road you’ll find the Andalusia Whiskey Company, the first of three Blanco stops. Kick back, sip, eat, and relax in the beautiful countryside. You order food (sandwiches and barbecue), cocktails, and tasting flights using a scan code and a server brings it to you. Sit on the front lawn in big wooden rocking chairs or at picnic tables. The staff is knowledgeable, Texas friendly, and dripping with an attitude about their famous product. Take a tour of the ranch, see the distillery and barrel aging area, as well as the working livestock area, all from the comfort of your seat in the back of an open-air wagon pulled by a tractor. It has a large working ranch as well as a sprawling “front lawn” where you do your tasting. One of the largest distilleries is Garrison Brothers Distillery in Hye, Texas, halfway between Fredericksburg and Blanco. In Hill Country, you will find the distilleries have more land, more leisure, and more scenery than the tasting rooms in the big cities. Enjoy All The Activities At The Distilleries Outdoor seating at Garrison Brothers Distillery (Photo Credit: Robyne Stevenson) 2. Onsite bottles range from $50 to over $100. Flights range from $10 to $15 for 3–5 samples. Plan on visiting no more than two or three in a day. The alcohol content is much higher in whiskey and what you taste at the distillery may include 100 to 150 proof batches. Tasting whiskey is not like tasting wine. Inside the tasting room at Andalusia Whiskey Company in Blanco, Texas (Photo Credit: Robyne Stevenson) 1. Whiskey is to be savored and there are too many fun things to do in the heart of Hill Country or in Austin to spend all your time in the bottle shop. There are 10 distilleries in this region but don’t expect to hit them all at once. This part of the Texas Whiskey Trail stretches from Fredericksburg and Blanco, east to Austin. Texas has four regions and I chose to visit the beautiful Texas Hill Country area in the central-east part of the state. Craft whiskey distilleries are a traveler’s delight. This eclipses the 18 distilleries on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. There are 28 distilleries on the Texas Whiskey Trail. North Texas’ premier whiskey distillery, Firestone & Robertson Distilling Co., was proud to take home the “Best American Craft Whiskey” award for its TX Blended Whiskey, along with a “Double Gold” award.Everything is bigger in Texas. Distillers and importers submitted 1,407 spirits from 63 countries into 85 different classifications. Thirty-four international spirits experts with the finest palates convened at the elegant Hotel Nikko in San Francisco from March 21-24, 2013 to judge the 13th Annual World Spirits Competition. TX Blended Whiskey is a proprietary masterpiece they are incredibly proud of. They finally settled on the perfect recipe: An extraordinarily complex spectrum of fragrance and flavor that mixes well or stands alone on the rocks or neat. They spent over two years sampling an enormous number of whiskeys, determining the characteristics of their favorites, and then experimenting with different combinations to capture an even better, more robust flavor. set out to create an American blended whiskey that would rival the best Scottish, Irish and Canadian blends. As a craft distiller, Firestone & Robertson Distilling Co.
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