Rebel Yell Kentucky Straight Bourbon 100 Proof

50ml airplane bottle neat in a Glencairn at home. I have low expectations, given my experiences with cheap Rebel Yell in high school some 27 years ago. Nose has some alcohol heat, some astringency, vanilla, lite wood. Flavor has oak, honey, cloves, some odd herbal/grassy notes. Heat lingers, along with some burnt tobacco and herbs. Lacks the smoothness of a good wheater. Not bad, but not particularly good either. 5/25/19.