Nose- Pleasantly sweet, heavy cinnamon/brown sugar Less oak presence than what I had expected, but if you dig it is there Smell very much reminds me of a coffee cake, maybe snickerdoodle cookie Very beginning of the smell, before the cinnamon spice notes take over, there is a hit of something reminiscent of sweet tea? Taste- Very sweet up front. Heavy heavy brown sugar/caramel. So immediately sweet that I actually would have thought maybe it was a wheated bourbon like Weller. As the initial palate fades, there is a big hit of a vanilla cream note. The immediate taste upon swallow is potent oak, followed up by the same nutmeg/cinnamon/brown sugar as the nose. The finish includes a long-lingering heat that seems to coat my entire mouth, mostly toward the back of the palate. Probably one of the longest-lasting finishes I've had in a whiskey thus far, very impressive for "only" 114 proof. Drinks much lower proof than the 114 suggested by the bottle. If I had to guess when trying it, I'd have put it somewhere around a bottled in bond, 100 proof. Overall -- 8/10 very, very good. Would seek out if in an area where it was available.