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SMWS Code CW2: Balcones

Distillery behind Society cask numbers CW2.x

SMWS code CW2 is Balcones, in Texas, USA. Any Society bottling numbered CW2.x (for example CW2.1, CW2.42) is a single cask from Balcones.

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The Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottles single casks under numeric codes rather than distillery names, so a label reading CW2.403 means cask 403 from distillery CW2. That distillery is Balcones, in Texas, USA. More on Balcones at Wikipedia.

Balcones in past Outturns 1 bottle(s)

An ode to “The bartender’s handshake” - SMWS CW2.2Sold outSep 2022
CW2.2

An ode to “The bartender’s handshake”

SMWS regionTexas
Age5 years
ABV65.5%
Cask1st fill ex-oloroso barrique
SpiritCorn Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code CW2
DistilleryBalcones
RegionTexas, USA

In short · Balcones (Texas, USA), 5 years.

“We imagined stepping into a room with solid mahogany furniture and Persian mahal rugs on the floor as well as hunting trophies on the walls.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£88.80View on SMWS

Balcones is also bottled under: 140

Other Texas, USA distilleries: 140 Balcones · all Texas, USA codes

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Which distillery is SMWS code CW2?
SMWS code CW2 is Balcones, in Texas, USA. Any Society bottling numbered CW2.x (for example CW2.1 or CW2.42) is a single cask from Balcones.