soonershrink
Same Old Moses
Bourbon — Oklahoma, USA
Reviewed
February 22, 2022 (edited March 16, 2022)
Whiskey night tasting with friends. Very small sample, tasted blind. This was the crowd favorite among a group that leans toward more novice whiskey drinkers. It was a puzzle to me. I thought it was a rye, then thought it might be a rum. Quite sweet, which must come from the double-barreling. Obviously didn't come across like a bourbon to me from the small taste. It's a four-grain bourbon said to be distilled in Texas (not sure exactly where) and barreled and aged in Oklahoma. I had been skeptical of this one and hadn't anticipated being a buyer, but the small taste got me curious, so I may have to buy one to explore it some more.
Edit: spending some more time with this one with a proper-sized sample. The nose is full of cedar box, some caramel. The palate has some nice sweetness, somewhat thinner. The woody cedar note shows up on the finish. There’s some rye spice in there and a kind of molasses note, which is what I was probably mistaking for rum. It’s a little funky, and more akin to a Texas bourbon, which makes sense since that’s where it was distilled, and the Oklahoma climate where it was aged is basically the same as north Texas. Interesting whiskey, I think it’s decent, although I don’t think you’re getting a great value at the price it sells for. If they could get this closer to 35, it’d be more compelling.
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