The nose starts with smoked butterscotch caramel poured over fresh piping hot flapjacks right off the iron skillet then chocolate covered pecans followed by fruits of sautéed tender cinnamon apple slices, figs and Morello cherry jam that fades to fresh cut vanilla pod before transitioning to spices of black pepper, ginger, cloves, premium leather biker jacket and polished oak with high ethanol burn. The taste is a thick mouthfeel starting with caramel popcorn with candied pecans and peanuts followed by fruits of cinnamon apple crumb cake, figgy pudding and cherries jubilee then comes a medium spice with Mexican spiced blonde espresso mocha latte that fades to a light vanilla milkshake along with spices of black pepper, ginger, cloves, premium leather biker jacket and polished oak with high ethanol burn. The finish is long with Mexican spiced blonde roast mocha latte, sautéed caramel apples, orange zest, whipped honey butter slathered on top of cornbread, Golden mill flour, cloves, ginger, leather and polished oak. Wow, this is a big, bold, badass Texas whiskey that really ramps those flavors up with a nice balance but veers a little too spicy on the mid-palate before fading and bringing back those bold flavors back for a long and lingering finish that lasts for minutes. This runs laps around the Harbinger and I’m going to need to start paying better attention to Lost Lantern’s Ironroot picks as this is the second one I was lucky enough to try which really highlights their knack for finding these honey barrels they continue to pick out. A big thank you to @ctbeck11 for the Ironroot samples to try next each other.