The nose is dense and rich starting with pecan pie, sautéed apples and candied fennel seeds then freshly baked pumpernickel bread and dark chocolate covered espresso beans followed by banana pudding, cherry pie and powdered sugar bubble gum that transitions to spearmint, lacquered oak furniture and pipe tobacco with high ethanol burn. The taste is a syrupy rich mouthfeel starting with pecan pie, sautéed apples and spearmint gum then a moderate spice that slowly fades to toasted marshmallow, charred pumpernickel bread and dark chocolate mocha followed by bananas foster, maraschino cherries and powdered sugar bubble gum that transitions to cloves, ginger, lacquered oak furniture and freshly lit pipe tobacco with high ethanol burn. The finish is long with banana pudding, charred pumpernickel bread, toasted marshmallow, dark chocolate covered roasted peanuts, spearmint, lacquered oak furniture and pipe tobacco. I find the regular single barrel rye to be a tasty dram but when bottled at barrel proof, I think it pushes the single barrel rye into another league as the flavors are intensified to be bold and syrupy rich with an incredible balance between spicy rye along with sweet creamy fruits and well-aged oak that really showcases the incredible rye that Jack Daniels can produce. These are unfortunately long gone outside of the secondary market, but I’ve heard they will be coming out with more of these in the future and I’m hopeful to locate a bottle on the next release. Until then, a huge thanks to @ctbeck11 for the generous sample of this tasty rye that I’m hopeful to get my own bottle of one day.