Blind taste test. Color is a lighter-medium amber Nose is a lot like Blade and Bow but a touch softer. Green apple Taste is buttery vanilla/butterscotch with sweet dried fruit flavor and a soft rye peppercorn finish. Upon reveal, the extra oak, caramel, and vanillas from extra aging really do make a nice difference! The Jim Beam signature lasting burn in the bottom of the throat persists 3.25