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Bourbon Review: Filmland Spirits Moonlight Mayhem! Straight Bourbon

We review Filmland Spirits Moonlight Mayhem! Straight Bourbon. The brand's founder also writes B movie scripts.

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Moonlight Mayhem! Straight Bourbon (image via Suzanne Bayard)

Tasting Notes

About:

Aged for 4+ years in white American oak, 47% ABV, mash bill: 75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% malted barley, SRP $54.99/ 750ml bottle.
Appearance:
This whiskey is moderate mahogany in color with an orange undertone.
Nose:
This opens with a moderately intense nose of red cherries and fruitcake. It opens into notes of dried orange peels, cedar, and bread dough. It smells well composed and pleasant with no sharp elbows.
Palate:
This feels moderate in body with a limp silkiness. There’s a touch of fine tannins that adds an enjoyable texture. I pick up more of the fruitcake note, melted brown sugar, and candied orange peel. The flavors seem more intense than the nose. Everything melts into persistent notes of Irish soda bread, freshly baked currant scones, and flamed orange peel. I feel like I’m walking through a bakery early in the morning, when the breads and pastries are just leaving the oven. The finish is drying, giving it a refreshing and cleansing quality to the palate.
Finish:
Comments:
It’s quite a lovely spirit. My top critique would be that it leans a touch simplistic aromatically; but I do enjoy the elegance over the bombast. Although the silliness of the label initially gave me pause, I can see that there was a lot of thought put into the packaging and the liquid. I could see myself sipping this neat as the weather gets colder.

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was either bought as a sample by The Whiskey Wash or provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Per our editorial policies, this in no way influenced the outcome of this review.

Suzanne Bayard

Suzanne Bayard struck out to the West Coast with her now husband almost a decade ago to explore the intersection of wine and policy in its world-class wine regions. She manages a Portland, OR bottle shop by day as the wine buyer and newsletter editor. She is also the Director of the Deep Roots Coalition, an organization of 30 Willamette Valley wineries that educate on and promote dry farming and sustainable practices. She joined the Whiskey Wash to explore two other passions: writing and whiskey.

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