Rating: 11/23 I hear that this is the smoother version of Evan Williams. I don't expect much, but maybe it will be good for mixing. N: Sweet corn with light peanuts and faint minerals. This is overly light, but there's nothing challenging about it. P: A bit of heat and barrel spices with very faint cayenne. Sweet corn with big vanilla as well. A touch of marshmallow. Very approachable, but also quite boring. Definitely some mineral going on too, but it isn't watery. F: Less sweet, but still marshmallow with vanilla and subdued wood. Definitely some minerals. Not exciting, but not objectionable either. I'm not enamored with this, but it's fine. It just isn't quite cheap enough to be truly bottom shelf. Evan William's Black (10/23) has more nuance with bitter herbs, but also more minerality. And also more bitter herbs. Evan Williams Black strikes me as thin, whereas this strikes me as a boring bourbon aimed at people who don't really like bourbon. There really is some heat here. I considered putting this above the regular Evan Williams, but that heat is making me reconsider. I'm thinking that this is likely also a 10, but it could be an 11. I like how approachable this is. I'm going for an 11. Coming back to this, I'm liking it a bit more. It could be a 12 now. Better than that is hard to believe.