Balcones Distilling prepares to double production, adds hourly tastings

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The world wants more Waco whiskey, and Balcones Distilling is ready to oblige.

The distillery is preparing for the arrival of a second set of four-story copper stills, now in transit on a ship from Scotland, that will allow it to double production capacity. The stills will be lowered by crane into the existing distillery room next month.

In the meantime, Balcones is suspending tours until April but is expanding tasting opportunities at the facility at 225 S. 11th St.

Once the work is complete, the distillery will be able to produce up to 90,000 cases of spirits a year, helping Balcones to catch up with pent-up demand across the country.

Balcones opened its $15 million new facility a year ago. The first liquor from the new facility, the lightly aged Baby Blue corn whiskey, is now on the market. Rumble and Texas single malt from the South 11th Street site should be available this summer.

Balcones CEO Keith Bellinger said the company has been working with retailers to improve reliability of its supplies.

“One of the things we did over a year ago was to realize we were spreading ourselves too thin,” he said. “We retrenched and refocused on what we …



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