This will be a Hail Mary if it works, but from what I understand this company (Brain Brew custom whiskey vs. WoodCraft bourbon blender... not sure what the parent company really is) is based out of Newtown, OH and sources (young) whiskey from MGP. What happens next is the gamble - they use some sort of new-found wood finishing process. While details are sparse I imagine something like wood chips + whiskey + pressure cooker, or possibly something like running MGP through an espresso machine in place of water using oak shavings/chunks in place of espresso powder. This was not clear based on reading the label... Anyway, NAS MGP "finished" separately via exposure to 200 year old oak, maple and cherry woods. You can actually buy a tasting kit to sample each of these individually but this bottle is a blend of undisclosed proportions. I was fascinated to see what the different barrel elements could bring out. The color is a nice medium amber. The nose? Seems like young, high-corn, sweet notes + sawdust at first. There's a bit of cola and cherry juice. Prominent ethanol. Somewhere in there is a bit of rye spice but nothing like I'd hoped for coming from MGP. No big cedar, dill, tobacco, ginger, etc. Dang. With time a bit more fruit (apple?) and tobacco comes out but that's about it. Not a complex nose. Ooh that is a bit syrupy. Very little burn. Low probability of offending anyone. Nice enough palate with more corn-forward (literally candy-corn) sweetness. More sawdust than any any individual wood notes. Light caramel. Green apple. Tiny bit of MGP dill. Maybe a splash of cherry cough syrup? Short finish. Bummer. You win some, you lose some. I wish I would have tried at a bar and saved myself $50-60. I didn't do my homework before purchasing and imagine that if this was finished in actual barrels, even for 6-18 months, that the unique wood notes would come through. Whatever process they are using, and or cheap/young MGP just doesn't cut it. This is at best a $25-30 bottle. I should have known based on the "95 point" sticker affixed to the neck - as it likely pertains to a category such as "unconventional whiskey innovations" where a score of 99 would clock in around a score of 72 for a conventionally aged, blended whiskey. Chances are that I try to blend this or give it away. It's not a drain pour but, sadly, my recommendation is to avoid.