I have become very close to the people at Golden Bear Liquor Store and I walked in at the time they were unboxing there store pick. As I walk in they said I would be the first person to try it. He asked what thought about it and a I said I will buy a bottle and do a proper review. Here we go! N: Cream soda stands out on the nose, soft vanilla, snickerdoodle cookies P: Buttery, vanilla ice cream and sugar cookies, cloves F: Explosion of heat and honey with medium length It is surprising how sweet this whiskey is. With water the nose goes dominantly more vanilla. Palate goes more honey and black tea on finish. This is different from a classic bourbon but still lands in bourbon territory. Not really oaky but very vanilla. It is interesting how it gave it more vanilla than oak. And very little influence from the rye in my opinion. I leans toward a strong irish in a way that I like. They aaked me to do the rating out of 10 so I would say....... personally.....5.5. This gives you a cask strength experience with familiar flavors and goes a different way than I expected.