This has become my gateway whiskey for friends looking to get started on their whiskey journey. Maybe it’s because I spent a few years of my life living in and loving Texas which has made me biased to Balcones and Garrison Brothers but neither one ever disappoints me. The nose is rich butterscotch, mesquite, raisins, vanilla, caramel covered bread pudding. Tasting has all the same notes as the smell but with a mouth coating oily texture that finishes with a mocha coffee and butterscotch that lingers for a long time. So glad VA ABC always has these in stock so I can keep a favorite stocked and an easy gift for friends. Hopefully one day Lineage and some of their tequila finished whiskey makes it on shelves or I convince my wife to move back to Texas so I can just be a permanent fixture in their distillery.