This was one of the rare bottles that peaked the night I opened it. Mine was a Barrel pick that I sampled in store. It was amazing. The night I opened this, it was better than I remembered. In the weeks that followed it never measured up again. It had an overpowering ethanol flavor. I opened up a knob creek 12 year today and I think it will be much more up my alley. At only 100 proof and three additional years age, I think it’s the sweet spot for the knob creek flavor profile. I normally like higher proof bourbon s but this one fell short. Ill try this again some day and maybe have a better experience.