Rating: 17/23 So this is called "Navy Yard", which suggests navy strength to me, but I think of navy strength being around 57% ABV and this is only 52% ABV. Pusser's Gunpowder Proof is going for the same vibe as navy proof despite being lower proof at just 54.5% ABV, but that's still significantly higher than this. This was on my list to hunt for for ages. I say neither hide nor hair for years and then I found Seelbach's and found that it is readily available there. I've heard amazing things about this and I'm hopeful that it lives up to those ravings and excited to finally get to try it. N: Sweet tobacco! I'm really surprised. It's sweet yet rich and full and decadent. A mellow rum profile with caramel and wood and vanilla tobacco and something a tad musty. P: Sweet tobacco mustiness with bold vanilla and hints of cedar. Sweet caramel backing with some charred sugar and hints of orange at points. There's actually a fair amount going on and it's sweet and decadent and balanced. It's quite easy to drink, doing a great job of showing off some virgin oak, which I think is the defining characteristic here. F: That vanilla virgin oak really lingers. I definitely get some of the rum with faint tangerine hints mixed with that rum lightly burnt caramel funk. There's just enough of that to remind me that this is a rum while balancing the virgin oak. - Conclusion - I was expecting this to be in the Pusser's and Smith and Cross vein, but it really isn't. This is more mellow and approachable with greater refinement. This is an easy sipper, though it isn't blowing my mind. Still, it's easily a 15 and I think that it's probably higher. Most likely, it'll be a 16, but a 17 is quite possible. An 18 is a bit of a stretch. Foursquare Détente (18/23) is richer than this is, with more of a bourbon barrel fullness to it. It's more rounded and coherent, though it isn't a whole lot better. Considering that, I think that this is closer to the Foursquare than to the Pusser's Gunpowder Proof (15/23), so I think that this is probably a 17. I like it a lot, though it's more in that fairly-priced range than in the good-deal range. I could believe an 18 here, but a 19 seems a bit too high. Still, it's a very enjoyable dram. Coming back to this the next day, my impression is that this is definitely better than the Pusser's, but doesn't quite match the Foursquare. Considering that, my confidence that this is a 17 is increased. In a last minute comparison, I find that this is bolder and less sweet than Plantation Trinidad 2003, but it's not as complex or balanced and overall I find it to be definitely lacking in comparison. Still, that's a high bar to meet. I think that the 17 I gave this seems about right.