This is my mother-in-law’s go-to bourbon. That statement itself is telling. Having grown up in Bardstown, KY she is no stranger to bourbon but that doesn’t mean she will drink anyone under the table either. If the proof was any lower this couldn’t be classified as bourbon... and it shows. It has a very light copper color and a nose of sawdust. Going deeper there is rye bread, faint caramel, a bit of varnish and possibly some eucalyptus. Thin, thin, thin. Burn? We don’t need no stinking burn. I believe this has alcohol in it though. A wash of rye bread, peanut shell and possibly a bit of Hershey’s chocolate hiding toward the short finish. Good grief. With a mash bill of 63/27/10 the rye is front and center but in a disappointingly singular way. This is only better than Kentucky Tavern in that I don’t worry about going blind after drinking it. Only thing premium here is the packaging. I hesitate to even recommend this as a starter bourbon with standard Buffalo Trace, EW white label and Old Bardstown BiB being half the price and every bit as approachable with far more complexity and sweetness.