About the Event
Climate shapes whisky. This session shows how much.
Balcones has long been defined by Texas heat—where higher temperatures accelerate maturation and push casks in a direction very different from Scotland or Kentucky. But rather than rely on theory, they set out to measure it.
The result is one of the more ambitious aging experiments in modern whisky.
Identical casks. Same spirit.
Placed in radically different climates around the world.
This session walks through that study—how it was designed, what changed across environments, and what those differences mean in the glass.
Join us as Master Distiller Jared Himstedt leads a guided tasting and presentation exploring the impact of climate, location, and time on whisky maturation.
Scientific in approach.
Practical in the glass.
Location
San Francico
Your Host
Jared Himstedt - Master Distiller
Jared leads distillation and innovation at Balcones, where climate-driven maturation is central to the identity of the whisky. His work bridges technical understanding with real-world application—translating data, process, and experimentation into something you can actually taste.