Tasted at an event so take my notes with a grain of salt. Tasted neat. Color is indistinguishable from 80 proofer. Nose is more subtle than 80 proof. On palate this isnt bad. Reminds me of Benchmark barrel proof. Told its an $80 bottle. Hard pass for value. Unfortunately this is a 3 star whiskey with a 5 star price. 2 stars is a gift.