Templeton Rye 4 Year

This is not small batch whisky, this is sourced from somewhere else (MGP/LDI) and bottled in Iowa. The marketing spiel is also pretty much complete BS meant to move product. But what about flavor? Well, it's very smooth, mainly some vanilla sweetness and really light spiciness unlike most rye whiskey where spice is the predominant flavors. This is a pretty neutral whisky. The real question is what are they adding to flavor it. Cause there's apparently an chemical cocktail additive they had purposely created to add into this whisky. I have no idea what that is, nor have I found anything that speaks to this online yet but in my opinion that makes this a flavored whisky. Its just a question of what the flavoring is...