This is a good, typical, but rather unremarkable bourbon. On the nose it’s very sweet with notes of sweet corn, vanilla and caramel On the palate it’s sweet at first with vanilla and caramel but then it gets dryer with hints of oak and rye spice. The finish is very disappointing, spicy with a surprising amount of alcohol burn. It actually made my lips and the tip of my tongue go numb. Overall it comes across as a $25-$30 bourbon that has ethanol added to it. My initial thought of this was really good at first but the alcohol burn is higher than I thought it ought to be. I wasn’t wrong. Compared side by side with Knob Creek single barrel 9yo 120 proof, the Wild Turkey Rare Breed taste thinner and weaker but has noticeably more alcohol burn even at a lower 116 proof. The KC is absolutely the better bourbon but I don’t know if it’s worth the almost $20 price difference. The WT is good but not great, a little disappointing for a barrel proof bourbon, but it costs less than most barrel proof bourbons. Would I buy it again? Maybe. I’d definitely consider it.