132 Proof / 66.00% 9 years Serial #6284597 Rick: MM Floor 7 Aroma - big vanilla note and dark fruits up front. Sweet honey and oak balance nicely in the middle and just a hint of pepper and cinnamon way in the back. As it opens up, I’m getting a smokey barbecue note. Honestly reminds me of smoked chicken and pineapple. Really bizarre yet very intriguing. The more I smell this the more the aroma grows on me. At first I wasn’t sure, but I’m picking up quite of bit of complexity the more it opens. Taste - Holy F that was a beastly first sip. Extremely effing hot first sip. (I love high proof stuff but this one took me by surprise ) Really enjoying this long finish though… super sticky. I almost got nothing on that first sip.. just straight heat. Proceeding sips - the usuals come through (oak and vanilla). Smoke, Caramel, slight hint of honey and baking spices. Finish is slight herbal tea and more of that sweet caramel and honey. Very very sweet lingering long finish to be honest. Adding few drops of water - getting lots orange peel and citrus notes. Which I did not find originally. More vanilla popping through now too. Finish isn’t as sweet and long as it was when I drank it neat. It’s transitioned to more of a musty oak and cinnamon. Overall - It’s a bit all over the place for me. Not sure what to really think of it. Wish I had an ECBP proof to compare it against. Will revisit this when/if I do against a standard release.