It's nice to know that Balcones finally released the Rumble Cask Strength. That is a very good bottle of brandy. I tasted a lot of barrel samples of this release back in November of 2010, and it was phenomenal. Now I got to go out and get me a bottle of the stuff.
Have you tried the "1" Single Malt? Excellent single malt IMHO.
Have not tried it yet. My neighborhood Spec's was out as of Saturday, but told me they'd be getting more in after the 1st. I'm currently sitting on a Brimstone and True Blue at the house as well, though, so I should be able to make it 'til then.
Actually, I worked for Spec's a few years back when Balcones was just going to market and have hung out with Chip and Stephen a good bit, so I got to try some early release cask rumble/true blue as well.
Burned a few sticks with Chip on a couple of occasions, but lost touch with them now that I'm outta the shop. I always liked those guys, and I'm glad to hear that they're getting some recognition and expanding their operation.