Review: Old Soul Blended Bourbon
Review: Old Soul Blended Bourbon
Jackson, Mississippi-based Cathead Distillery doesn’t make Old Soul — at least, not all of it. But it does make some of the whiskey in this unique bourbon and blends it with bourbon sourced from MGP. Here’s the kicker: Cathead uses an identical, high-rye mashbill to the one that MGP uses (21% rye, 75% corn, 4% malted barley), then blends the finished whiskeys together after aging for various lengths of time.
The final blend comes out as 55% Straight Bourbon aged for 4 years, 8 months; 35% aged for 4 years, 3 months; and 10% aged for 2 years, 1 month. Cathead doesn’t say which whiskeys were distilled by which distillery, but you can probably hazard a guess.
Old Soul Blended Bourbon Review
Given its constituents, the whiskey is not overly surprising. The nose is expressive but youthful, with notes of bacon fat and peanut brittle dominant. It’s peppery but meaty, giving it a peppered bacon aroma at times. The palate, as is common with MGP bourbon, is quite fruity on first attack, with strong notes of cherry and a side of menthol. More peanut here, plus a layer of spice driven by the rye. The finish is light and drying, with notes of cookie dough and a duskier spice element lingering. A lingering reprise of roast beef makes the ultimate conclusion a bit too savory for my taste, but the experience is at least never off-putting.
Would love to see a future batch of Old Soul with a few more years under its belt.
90 proof. Reviewed: Batch #1.
B / $50 [BUY IT NOW FROM FROOTBAT]
Old Soul Blended Bourbon
USD50
