10 year Kroger Pick, 94p Rick T floor 6 for $25. That’s right, I said $25. Do you like Elijah Craig? If not you should? Try it try it, if you may. Try a barre pick I say! How many of these have I had tonight? Enough to turn out the Dr Seuss mockery. Bright holden with teardrop legs that arrest midway down the glass. Prickly oak, cinnamon, anise, cigar wrapper, fresh cherries, vanilla and brown sugar with an hint of naval orange. Thin body and immediately corn- forward and sweet, followed with immediate heat, cinnamon, coriander and cayenne, then buttered and roasted pralines into a subtle 2 dimensional wood and vanilla finish. Empty glass elutes oak, creamsicle, cinnamon and tobacco. Well worth every cent. This was $25. Buffalo Trace would roll over if it met this bottle. Honestly this is a stones throw away from Old Ezra 7y BP which is spicier and less oaky but also twice the price. Honestly, the wood with the thin palate make this an excellent, full flavor but lighter sipper. This is not a bourbon that will cause deep, existential introspection. This is a bourbon you drink, enjoy and then go do whatever you damn well please. I will be packing it into a flask, alongside 30 cans of Natty Light as I march into the Indy 500 tomorrow because damnit it’s summer and I need to FEEL the thunder of an unrestricted Honda twin-turbo 2.2L V6 shake me back to life after this past year and a 120+ proof in the heat just won’t end well. Try it if you may, I say!