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blue corn whiskey made in Texas but looks good!
I've been told of a decent liquor store on the other side of town, so I'll go see what they have and recommend.
Availability so far is pretty mainstream, Pendleton and also Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye seem to be the best on offer.
I'm sure they'll both be pretty drinkable if maybe not memorable.
Thanks everyone for the advice.
Poppy-
You can look for the Balcones Blue Corn stuff - made in Texas but most of the corn is now sourced from Oklahoma as they kept cleaning out the NM grown harvest. They have to complete with the Blue Corn tortilla chip industry so it's quite hard to even get it. It is not my favourite from the Balcones range. The standard whisky is pretty astonishing.
Aroogah
Bulleit Rye is pretty decent for mass produced stuff, but I think you'll have to experiment. Living in the SW you'll pay a premium for bourbon as it's region specific (Kentucky), but it seems like new distilleries are opening all over the US now and probably producing some interesting stuff like blue corn whiskey (native to NM, btw). Think global, drink local, or something like that.