The mash bill for Mellow Corn is 90% Corn, 5% Rye and 5% Malted Barley. The white dog version of this whiskey is sold as a "moonshine" product called Georgia Moon.
how can it only take 5% mb to convert all those grains? also how sure are you georgia moon is this stuff because its bottled by a different distilling company even though both are in bardstown
@@ARCSTREAMS they have the same mashbill of 81% corn and are both Heaven Hill products. He's wrong about the mashbill but probably right about it being the same juice
Casual and fun, impromptu and off-script. I love it. This episode feels like hanging out with old friends with no agenda. If Mellow Corn is the canvas for this atmosphere, sign me up!
For like $10 a bottle, Mellow Corn is one of those whiskeys you pour into an empty higher cost bourbon bottle and listen to your friends go on and on about how much better (insert brand here) is than the cheap stuff. Not that I've ever done that with a Weller bottle, but.....
I just bought a bottle of the Balcones Baby Blue, cause I'm all the time hearing you guys talking about Balcones, and my liquor store hasn't had any until now. It's wonderful! It's like skipping through a meadow with butterflies! I get Carmel, vanilla, botanicals and peppermint on the finish. On the nose it has a funk, which worried me because funk belongs on my turntable, not in my whiskey, but in the taste that funk fades to a more approachable Prince and the Revolution funk.
Thanks for the video, this bottle just became available in my area and I've been wondering if it's worth buying. After watching this I still have no idea if it's worth buying, but I know a shit ton about Oklahoma now, so that's good.
I definitely need to comment on the Balcones Baby Blue. Like may others, upon uncorking, I was met with a peculiar tequila odor on the nose immediately. This at first was a bit off putting for a whiskey, but I gave it a shot regardless. The flavor was different. New to me for sure. Due to my somewhat novice palate, i was hard pressed to taste more than just corn on the palate. The nose was a bit confusing for me too. About a month later, with some oxidation, things are quite different. The nose is so pleasant now. Vanilla, caramel, toffee, slight oak, and loads of soft, buttery corn. Like a perfect bag of caramel corn. The palate is no different for me with this bottle. Everything on the nose is coming through almost directly on the palate. What a great pour, and at a decent price. If you’re looking for an adventure beyond bourbon and scotch, here is your drink! Let this bad boy open up for a few weeks, and you will be pleasantly surprised! Cheers! 🥃
@CW Oliver To be considered "corn whiskey," it has to be uncharred or used barrels. The BiB act says nothing about new barrels- you may be thinking of bourbon definition.
Rex, I was born and raised in Corpus Christi and have lived in Colorado for the last 31 years. I still get that feeling every time I cross the border into Texas. Then I head straight to Whataburger.
I drove down for level 2 last May, and the best part of the drive was the swing through Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. It as great driving through the hills.
As a PROUD! Okie from Muskogee & Stillwater, I can happily attest to the beauty that is eastern and central Oklahoma! Go to the town of Tahlequah for the beautiful Illinois river and the foothills of the Ozark mountains!
I'm glad you both recognize the majesty of Baby Blue compared to Mellow Corn. Mellow Corn is one of the most impressive whiskies you can buy for under $20/liter, however Baby Blue just has so much to offer. I even suspect that it may be aged in used tequila barrels, since we don't know how it's aged during its 6 months. Mellow Corn is amazing to seasoned drinkers, but most can't seem to get past how hot it is. It is HOT, and you have to be able to look past that, which isn't easy to do for most. If you've ever had a better corn whisky better than Baby Blue, please let me know!
You guys are awesome, and thank you doing this video. I’ve had a bottle of something called Chinola Passion Fruit Liqueur at the house I knew it would be a killer mixer but had no clue what else should be in the cocktail. Mellow Corn was the answer. It’s a lot of sweet but topped up with some seltzer n bitters made an interesting and tasty over ice cocktail.
I loved this episode, how have I not seen it! I picked up Mellow Corn to try because of the Tribe and fell in love with it, always like to keep the oven cleaner bottle stocked!
This is a good example of international price variation. Mellow corn is available in the U.K. from MoM for about £28 which is more than a bottle of laphroaig or 2 bottles of Jim Beam! Still want to try the Mellow Corn at some point but there are a lot of other bottles in the queue before it including the Balcones. Also what bike do you ride Daniel, I get the feeling it’s a cruiser of some kind?
Mellow corn doubled in price for me. Wanted to try it when it was like $12.99 but the last time I saw it was $19.99. I dont know if it’s worth it at that point
May 1, 2019. I am drinking the Balcones Baby Blue as I watch this (I’m watching all videos on Baby Blue) and really like it but find it difficult to describe. Three days exploring Texas Whisky distilleries was too short. I hope to be back soon! But it will probably be in the hottest and most humid time of the year.
Man! I was just watching a bunch of ya'lls Balcones videos! My wife moved to Texas from Florida when she was 6 weeks old, she's from Florida. I don't make the rules, I just enforce them.
Bought a bottle of Mellow Corn from a friend’s recommendation. Looked up reviews while sampling and found you guys. Liked and subscribed! I’d love hanging with you two and sampling whiskeys lol.
The timing of these videos are intriguing. Saw a bottle of this on the shelf a few days ago and almost picked one up, this review came out the next day. A few days before that, I almost grabbed a bottle of Spice Tree before the review came out. I also bought a Baby Blue last week. Get out of my head!
Love the channel, y’all have opened me up to wanting to try more whiskeys. Jack Daniels has always been my go to when just needing a drink. I’d like to hear your thoughts on the Jack Daniels Green Label.
So we live in Ky. Born and raised here, but my daughter happened to be born in Ga. She was only there until she was 6 weeks old then we moved back to Ky. She’s lived here ever since but she tells everyone she’s from Ga. I’m like you are not, you were just born there. 🤪
Kings of Leon wrote a song about Talihina sky and it’s the name of their band documentary. It really is a beautiful place. But the Mellow Corn though... this stuff is so good and I love sipping it neat. It is always sold out at my go-to shop so clearly it’s a lot of people’s guilty pleasure too hahaha. Love your reviews!
Rex I’m from Oklahomano north east it’s beautiful here lush and green I’ve traveled the worl drank tons of whiskey and bourbons but if I have me picks it’s Oklahoma and absolutely delicious mellow corn
Hell yea Max im from Oklahoma....and i love good corn whiskey....and a good cigar......you just got you a new fan.......my handle is Super Dragon will be checking with you guys on regular basis.....keep on sippin home boy.....and yes i am Choctaw......red dirt to the Max....Sandsprings in the house.
Yeah driving a Big Rig through Tollklahoma is the the worst, the only thing I liked was throwing a hand full of quarters like "take this you peasants " and drive 5 minutes and do it again
I'm from South eastern Oklahoma Idk if you know this but Jerry Cantrell the lead singer of Alice in chains lives in atoka Reba went to school at stringtown
I have to revisit the Baby Blue, but when I opened it, all I got on the nose was tequila or mescal. I had a hard time getting over the funky nose - maybe it'll open up a bit after being opened the first time.
That was exactly my impression. It wasn't reminiscent of tequila, it was like somebody put tequila in the whiskey bottle. Glad I was able to try it as a 50ml
Eastern Oklahoma is a well kept secret. I'm from Iowa but have ridden the Talimena Scenic Drive at least 20 times starting in 1977. Rex "Only TWO THINGS come outta Oklahoma...!" : )
How exactly do I go about sending you a bottle? Pretty much everything I see says it's illegal and carriers won't accept liquor packages from regular folks. Is there some loophole because you're a non profit or do I need to send you a tube sock and unintentionally fail to inspect what's inside it?
Not that there aren't plenty of reasons to dismiss Oklahoma (try making it a drinking game... we came up with 66 reasons to never move to Oklahoma a couple weeks ago. Stopped not because we ran out of reasons but only because we didn't want a Sooner to mistakenly overhear us and have his/her limbic feelings hurt. Yeah, empathy.) But, I'm glad you eventually got to discussing the whiskey. Between the Hobbit's relatively positive review of Mellow Corn and Ralphy.com's positive review... Is it the Mooch who is the pretentious one, suggesting it may only be suitable for cocktails? And here I thought that Ralphy's positive review may have been over influenced by his Scottish thrift. Maybe I'll look to the bottom shelf and get a bottle.
You could tell Rex was deep in whiskythought, so deep in fact, all Rex could hear was Daniels voice was doing that Charlie Brown's teachers voice thing it does when he gets balls deep into an extensive story and Rex loses interest. he missed the bottled in bond. It had me dying though!
So although I enjoy the videos I kinda hate you guys for making me want to try so many things I can't buy in Ohio due to the way the state keeps delisting things right before I find out they exists
I know. I literally looked for this just for the heck of it after seeing this video when it came out. You can't find it here. I'll have to wait for the next time I'm in Kentucky to get a bottle
I know. This system sucks for sure. Combine the “list” with the fact you can only bring in essentially 1 bottle a month (1 liter/31 days) and it bites.
Another fun review. There's nothing wrong with t-shirts. It's the person that defines the fashion . The fashion does not define the person . Yeah , there you go
I know it sounds weird, but Baby Blue always smells like a premium tequila to me. Really good tequilas (not the shit we get in US bars, something like Don Julio 70 or Maestro Dobel Diamante) have this vanilla, citrus, burny thing on the nose; and, that's what I get from Baby Blue. It tastes very vanilla, caramel, corn, etc., but that smell is dead on tequila for me.
As a life long Okie, I prefer the west half of the state. I just love looking out and seeing absolutely nothing for miles. The sound of nothing but wind and the occasional tractor or gun shot.
Your videos are awsome ive bin drinking whiskey most my life and when you say earthly tones and apple and oak i have no idea what your talking about...can you do a video with with say 4 whiskeys that have dominant flavors that i can go out and experience and know what your talking about for example a whiskey that 1 has strong oak flavor 2 strong apples or citrus flavors 3 strong earthly flavor 4 strong caramel flavor.... i will pour myself 4 drinks and enjoy that video