N: Soap, shaving cream, and ethanol. Chocolate, fresh herbs, baking spices, maybe something vegetal. Some orchard fruit after a few minutes, particularly peach. Then the typical rye mint. P: Oddly bittersweet with a rich, sweet chocolate up front that quickly shifts (like whiplash quick) to a bitter green grain note. Then some more of the peach, baking spice, and fresh cut herbs. Some honey and biscuit notes in the middle. Finish is more of that bitter green grain, peach, little bit of oak, mint, and more fresh herbs. This is an oddball rye, no doubt. I have to guess the Texas grains used have a lot to do with the taste here, because I can't think of another rye whiskey like it. Parts of it are quite nice, parts not so much. I would put this in the same category as Brimstone - it's a bit of an experiment that's going to appeal more to some palates and less to others (i.e. highly subjective). I don't hate it, but I sure don't love it either and I doubt I do this one again. _______ Please come join a bunch of regular Distiller reviewers are chatting spirits in real time on Discord: https://discord.gg/4nfePCdyKM. (If the link is expired, post a comment and I will post a new one.)