Neat. Neck pour. Took a flyer on this today. 100 proof finished high-rye MGP for $50 by a company not to far from my house. Why not? On the nose, surprised by the lack of the typical MGP youth. Young MGP can be a turn off for me with a lot of grass or heavy hay about it. I generically describe it as “too green” when less than 5 years. Whatever they did to finish this beat those notes down. I instead get fried dough, like an elephant ear without the powdered sugar, covered in a cherry cough syrup instead. Next to the cherry is a layer of furniture varnish and vanilla extract. The MGP eventually emerges with honey and rye spice. If I have a fault in this, it’s that the cherry note has an artificial quality to it. On the taste, it’s creamy enough to coat nicely. Cinnamon, powder sugar and cherry cough syrup up front. The young MGP high rye really comes in mid palate with a hint of that green note, honey and fried dough. What is different than typical MGP is the sweetness and cherry on the finish. This is the sweetest MGP I have had among the younger MGP I have tried. So I have had three sips of this tonight thus far. No idea why I am so intrigued by it. As I really sit down with it, the cherry coming off as more artificial is the main draw back. Cherry cough syrup is typically not a good note for me, but I like it here. The 100 proof helps it a lot as well. I would drink this over a few 4 year MGP single barrels I have. I think I might drink this over Boone County Small Batch and maybe even Smoke Wagon Straight (thinking about other MGP in this price range). Not calling it a hitter but a solid “I am bringing a flask into the movie theater and want some MGP”.