Heaven Hill Bottled In Bond 7 Year

One of my favorite Heaven Hill bottles.

Bottle I've had unopened on the shelf for a while and was looking for something I hadn't in a while...seemed to fit the bill. Standard pour...plenty of sweet vanilla and light oak notes on the nose...and it is dripping with caramel. Leaning sweet, but quintessential bourbon notes throughout - no surprises. Modest spice at the sip's entry, but turns sweet quickly with a pretty long, caramel/vanilla finish. A bit more oaky on the palate than the nose would suggest. A bit of booziness mid-sip, but otherwise an easy drinker...and while the finish is long, it feels just the slightest bit thin on the late palate. Sweet and tasty...not complex. This is a very nice bourbon, and I recognize that this is a great entry whiskey and also one that could serve as a daily drinker...but the 'can't find it on the shelf' hype is well overdone (and probably a product of how this was a grossly underpriced product about 5 years ago)...

A: Peanut shell, F: surprisingly sweet. Easy peasy.

Got this as a gift. I reminds me of a less smooth, more spicy verison of Eagle Rare. For the right price I’d buy this for myself - but it is not a game changer.