Pleasantly sweet with caramel, nuts, and spice. The oil adds some creaminess but is a bit strong. Slightly tart and a bit bitter. A bit of apple is present. It's good, but not excellent. It needs more depth.
On the mild side for a bourbon, but not shallow. Thanks to not including rye, there is no mineral element. It's a bit like a brandy in its fruitiness, but it isn't bad. Despite the subdued flavor, there is some nice wood, sweet apple flavor, cinnamon undertone, smokey backing. There is something kind of generically sweet here, which might be caramel (not toffee) or honey. It's good and I'd be fine with drinking it, but it isn't excellent.
Kind of a bland nose with rye. The palate tastes fairly wheated, reminiscent of Maker's but mellower. There's spice and a kind of dry flavor. Sweetness and richness come out with a bit of fruit and a mix of mineral and apple. There's surprisingly little vanilla, which I find to be disappointing. It's sippable, but kind of underflavored with no stand-out qualities or terrific complexity.
The nose isn't terribly strong and some alcohol comes through. There's some muddled wood smell mixed with something a tad rancid, and maybe a hint of vanilla and the tiniest note of orange. The palate is fairly mild with some alcohol burn up front that gives way to a bit of sweetness with a watery element. It certainly has that mild wheated taste, but unfortunately there isn't much complexity. There's quite a bit of mild bitter backing with soft tannins that don't overwhelming and some tartness that helps to bring in a hint of fruit. There isn't much caramel here, though there is some vanilla. It reminds me of Chopin Wheat mixed with some bourbon. Some complexity eventually comes out, but the flavors are rather obscured. The finish is light and clean, but the wheat leaves too much vodka flavor in here. It's not that it isn't sweet so much as it is that the sweetness tastes like Chopin Wheat. The various other flavors are fine, but there isn't anything exceptional in here. Some apple and barrel flavors do come out, but the alcohol is pervasive and the other flavors are light. This is a contentious opinion to have, but Evan Williams Black might be slightly better.
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