N: Earthy, herbal, piney. Cherries and shaving cream. Little boozy. Cereal grains. Maybe some pears soaked in moonshine. Chocolate milk. P: Lots of rye influence here. Could almost pass for a straight rye. Spicy, mature rye grain with a cooked cereal malt lending chocolate, caramel, and a little smoke. Finish brings baking spice tending toward cinnamon with a little oak, char, some tannic bitterness, and a dark rye bread. I quite enjoyed this for what it is. The nose is not terribly complex, but it still feels like a classic bourbon nose with maybe just one extra gear. The palate is very high rye bourbon - like, seriously, is this 51% corn, 49% rye? I wouldn't really be surprised. But I like rye, both in bourbon and by itself, so this really works for me. For the mid $35-ish range, this makes a nice, easy drinking high rye option. _______ 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.)