Because I'm now posting my reviews in three places always, and sometimes in four, I'm omitting, now, to check the color. It's a small thing, but it saves me a little time and energy. I was unable to find anything about the mash bill, except that it's Buffalo Trace's Mash Bill #1, which is low rye - and I'd already figured it was a low rye mash bill from the lack of spice. I got this bottle at Kelly Liquors in the Mountain Run Shopping Center, and came away without a receipt, so I can't tell you exactly what I paid. But MSRP is $30, and while I think I paid a bit more, it wasn't much more. NOSE: Caramel apples, some kind of smoke - hickory?, a musty or earthy note of roasting ears, fried creamed corn, freshly sawed wood, butterscotch, fresh shucked corn, cinnamon butter, and vanilla. MOUTHFEEL: Velvety but thin. TASTE: Vanilla bean? (it's some sort of vanilla, but not one I'm familiar with), butter, and honey - just the three notes. FINISH: Medium-long, beginning with honey that fades, and then oak coming in late. SUMMARY: This is good bourbon, and the price is fair, but it absolutely isn't worth the hype. This is not a superior bourbon, just a good one. The nose is very complex, but the taste is disappointingly simple, with just three notes. It does taste good, but not as good as the nose led me to expect. It's a unicorn here in Albuquerque, but if I get a chance to buy it again, I will. RATING: I use a scale based on my hick language, which has eight levels. This whisky comes in at 6, which is fine, equivalent to 3.75 stars, or 75/100 or 7.5/10 as you prefer.