Re-posted review from January 2020. I’m not sure what happened to the original one, I must have deleted it somehow but fortunately I had it backed up. Nose: Hot cinnamon, vanilla, roasted peanut, burnt sugar and barrel char. Palate: Hot, hard entry but with some sweet notes. Caramel-coated overcooked popcorn, peanut butter, toffee. Pepper, bitter dark chocolate and chewy oak tannin in the development. Finish: Medium. The oak and hot dry spice notes linger. In Australia there used to be a Jim Beam bottling called “Jim Beam Bonded Number 12 Formula” which was completely different to this. It was soft, buttery and a very pleasant everyday bourbon but sadly it disappeared from our shelves a couple of years ago. Fortunately I had stocked up on it but I'm down to my last one. When I saw this Bonded Bourbon appear recently I thought I’d give it a try in case it was just the same stuff repackaged, but sadly it's a different whisky, and one that is not to my taste. Adding water tames it a fraction but the only way I could enjoy this was with Coke. It wasn't just a bad bottle either because I bought two and they were the same. I guess it could be a bad batch, but I won't be trying it again to find out. “Adequate” : 70/100 (2 stars)