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Lost Lantern ‘Gentle Giant’ Balcones Distilling Texas Single Malt

American Single Malt Balcones Lost Lantern
  • Distiller

    Balcones

  • Bottler

    Lost Lantern

  • ABV

    57.6%

  • Age

    3 Years Old

  • Price $100 to $199.99

Part of Lost Lantern's Single Distillery series, this is a collaboration between Waco, Texas distillery Balcones and the Vermont-based independent bottler Lost Lantern. Gentle Giant is a whiskey featuring maturation in ex-apple brandy, ex-bourbon and new European oak casks.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 92
  • Drinkhacker
  • By David Thomas Tao
  • A fruity, sweet, and refreshing take on Texas whiskey.
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  • Raided Score: 86
  • Single Malt Savvy
  • By Chris Perugini
  • It shows the youthful zest of a three year old whiskey but doesn’t feel like it’s underaged.
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • The Whiskey Wash
  • By Jerry Jenae Simpson
  • I might prefer to enjoy this whiskey in a cocktail, adding some sweetness to cut the peppery feel, but all in all the whiskey is complex and delicious
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  • Raided Score: 80
  • Breaking Bourbon
  • By Jordan Moskal
  • A unique tasting expression that adds depth to the American single malt category.
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  • Raided Score: 85
  • The Daily Pour
  • By T8ke
  • This is an unusual change of pace for a Balcones spirit, but it’s great stuff.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Delightfully off-kilter for Balcones, this is presenting more like soft butter and fruits, honey, flaky pastry and a good bit of char, but far less than a typical Balcones ASM.

  • Taste:

    Rich and viscous, honey-forward once more with char, light tobacco, bready pudding, sweet cream and pleasant toffee notes. Pleasant and punchy, this is a change in gears, to say the least.

  • Finish:

    Malt character shines through here with warm rising bread, honey, apple butter and pleasant butter cream, brown sugar and toffee.

  • Overall:

    This is an unusual change of pace for a Balcones spirit, but it’s great stuff.

  • Score:

    85

  • By T8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources