Taste was neat in glencairn, fresh crack but let sit for 30+ minutes. Nose - brown sugar, maple, caramel, has a light tropical note of citrus and banana, oak, little bit of cinnamon. If you’re an avid whiskey drinker you can tell Dickel is lurking in the mix but subtle. Palate - brown sugar, maple, and caramel, decent amount of barrel char/oak, pick up hints of the rum, molasses, light almond and banana, mid palate goes to pepper and baking spice, get hints of the sweetness but this is very much a rye forward pour. Again the Dickel pops up but extremely light. Finish - spice hangs on pepper and cinnamon, oak, leather, hints of the brown sugar and molasses stay put. Finish is moderately long. This grew on me. Its well balanced, its got good flavor, little bit of complexity, but its not intense flavors. There’s a fair amount of spice but for 107 proof I thought this drank pretty easy. I enjoyed the finish on this more than I have a lot of others, its slightly drying but you can tell the rum is hanging around. The IN (MGP) rye is good but it’s the heavy hitter in this one. I would’ve rather seen this blend use the IN high rye bourbon as opposed to the rye. I’m assuming the theory was the bourbon with the rum would’ve been too sweet, the rye balances it out but I personally would’ve liked to seen the sweetness kicked up a notch. It’s good and I’m not sure what else on the market you’d get with this kind of rum influence amd this being a really good rum at that. With these collaboration series not uncommon they fall into the $130+ range. This would be a bordeline try before you buy or outright buy. Looking forward to see how this one opens up.