I got a fifth of this whisky for $24.99 at Kelly Liquors in the Mountain Run Shopping Center in Albuquerque. The mash bill is 72% corn, 18% rye, and 10% barley. There's no age statement, and it's 100 proof. In the glass the color is new copper. NOSE: I came back to the nose several times, and got more notes each time. In the order in which I discerned them, I got corn, grass, honey, cinnamon, a spice which might have been paprika, honey, vanilla icing, milk chocolate, a little bit of smoke (hickory?), a very faint oakiness (I don't believe I've ever gotten oak on the nose before), and buttered roasting ears. MOUTHFEEL: Initially it was creamy, but on subsequent sips it seemed like the creaminess was slightly watered down. TASTE: Honey, candy orange slices, red pepper, oak, and lemon. I'm getting used to not getting as much on the tongue as I get on the nose, but this is a big difference. FINISH: Long, beginning with oak, then black pepper, walnuts, and some jalapeño in the throat. SUMMARY: I like the metal screw cap on this bottle. A cork doesn't improve the whisky, and a cap is easier to deal with. This is good bourbon. However, it lacks the notes I've come to expect as typical of bourbon - bananas, caramel, and butterscotch. And I'm not sure it's significantly better than the 86 proof expression. The proof is, yes, 14 points higher, but I don't think the taste is correspondingly better. RATING: Fine (just above good, the third rating down).