Nose - Sun-Maid raisin, cherry, strawberry, apricot and other dry fruit, butterscotch, vanilla, cinnamon, cocoa, sweet oak, brown sugar, apple, leather, nutmeg, peanut, licorice, mild to moderate ethanol burn. Taste - raisin, grape, cherry, tobacco, leather, strawberry, apple, caramel, vanilla, spearmint, ginger, black pepper, cinnamon, allspice, barrel spice, chocolate, peanut, licorice, moderate to high alcohol bite, finishing fast and hot with dry fruit, oak char, caramel flavors. This is the whiskey version of trail mix. There’s some chocolate, nuts, raisins, and other dry fruit all brashly thrown together with no real elegance or finesse. It’s all just satisfactory, nothing exceptional. Compared to Oregon Spirit bourbon, the nose and arrival are not as good, but the development and into the finish are better, although there seems to be more youthful heat than in its counterpart. I’m going to put this one notch lower than the bourbon, because there’s nothing particularly noteworthy here, as there was with the bourbon’s explosion of flavor on the arrival. It’s, well, just average and that’s ok. But if I want to buy a bottle of just average whiskey, this wouldn’t be the one. There are better options for half the price on the shelves near me.