Light, bright, and pure, like sunrise on an empty beach. It’s pale gold, with a nose of mostly vanilla and maybe a hint of orange. Citrus shows up in the mouth, too, but I also get a range of cereal notes, consistent with the bourbon influence. The mid-length finish is just a single note of something like vanilla Cheerios, but it’s pristine and shiny, never clingy or cloying. It all counters the 57% ABV in the right measure.