Rating: X/23 I just tried throwing in a bunch of random wood chips that I'd previously used for aging who knows who, who knows how many times (probably mostly bourbon and probably 1-3 times, with about 1.5 being the average). Shockingly, the result was tremendously improved! The wood chips really toned down the excessive sherry syrupiness and medicinal funk while adding more nuance and tasty bourbon, wood, and mild smoke flavors. Now, the wood did consume something over 20% of the spirit, but to me it's worth it because it changed what was (generously) a 12 into at least a 15. It might be a 16 and I can faintly imagine a 17. Does knowing that I can improved this in this way make it a good deal? No. The effective cost of a bottle of this is $85+ now, but if I had another bottle, I would absolutely do this to it rather than suffer through the dram as it's sold.