First time tasting this one. The nose is a sweet bread yeast. Dark vanilla after a second that is smooth. The taste is an up front sour apple pie and woody maple syrup. Little bit of cherry and sweet honey after a longer chew. Very mellow. Not too thick and relatively light but decent range of flavor. Overall a very different experience from the barrel proof but the flavor has a similar taste profile. It’s a nice easy sipping whiskey that was very affordable. Really enjoying and will definitely revisit. Almost good enough to make me forgo waiting a couple hours for the barrel proof. Almost.