Here’s a classic that I’m surprised I haven’t gotten too yet. There isn’t a lot to be said for this one. Some love it, others don’t. But everyone knows it. Let’s see how JD’s mid-shelf offering stacks up. Nose: Heavy corn. Caramel, vanilla, and cotton candy. Toffee and brown sugar. Faint trace of classic JD banana. Almond. Vitamin and barrel char. Light and fairly uneventful. Palate: Corn stands out yet again. Vanilla, caramel, toffee, and brown sugar. Banana and walnut muffin. More of the mineral/vitamin notes. Barrel char. I find it interesting that the banana note comes across more as part of a muffin as opposed to overpowering the entire palate as Jack tends to have. Finish: Corn, vanilla, caramel, brown sugar. Almond and oak. Cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg. Relatively short. All in all, I can’t say this is good or bad. The palate added an interesting element with the banana-walnut muffin, but for the most part I found this to be boring. At $30, this is a fine drink to sip. It’s innocuous and pleasant. At the same time, there isn’t a world in which this would be something to write home about. 2 seems fair for Gentleman Jack. Emphasis on the “Gentle.”