Blind pour. Golden amber in color. Fast teardrop legs. Fruit, soft grain and young oak. Makes me think of 4R and BT profiles. Apricot, pecan, bits of dried fruits. Subtle light brown tobacco and vanilla. Rye bread and tea. Medium to thin on the tongue with a burst of mild heat, fruit, vanilla and then a slow fade to oak, rye and tea notes. No big surprises. I’m wondering if this isn’t an EHT single barrel with the subtle tobacco notes. It also reminds me of Elmer with a bit of extra oak and BT mashbill #2 fruity notes. The finish is short with vanilla, fruit and light brown tobacco. So, I don’t know what this is but 4 out of 5 EHT lovers would love this. It also reminds me a lot of a Murray Hill Club batch but now we’re getting into the weeds. Likewise could be a Hancock or Bowman brothers (tweaked) BT distillate. I’m going with BT mashbill 1 1/2 (or maybe 1 3/4). Reveal: Blood Oath Pact 6 Well hell. I can see now where the cognac barrels really brought out the stone fruit in this. Likewise the rye still manages to poke through and the oak plays a big role. Altogether seems well executed but not exciting. Much like Buffalo Trace. I will say this - the $100 price tag makes this a better value than Elmer T Lee on the secondary. That said if you can score an EHT small batch or Blanton’s at MSRP of $40-65 respectively then go that direction. Thank you to @pkingmartin for sharing this one with me!