This is the second time I've reviewed this whisky, the first being a bit more than two years ago. Looking over that previous review I see that my palate has changed - or the whisky has, which might also be the case, though I suspect it's my palate. At any rate, I'm better qualified to evaluate this (or any other whisky) with two years experience than I was then, with two months. I see the price hasn't changed a penny in that time - a pint cost me $15.49 then, and now. The mash bill is 95% rye and 5% barley, it's 90 proof, there's no age statement, and in the glass the color is light copper. NOSE: First there's a mineral note - it doesn't smell like grus, the sand that granite forms when it weathers, but that's what it makes me think of. Next I got vegetable leaves, a summer lawn, twigs, moss, mint, and a really unpleasant note of acrid weeds - thistle, perhaps. MOUTHFEEL: Smooth - I could have said "creamy," but after evaluating it I decided smooth is a slightly better description. TASTE: Butter (which surprised me - that's a note I get fairly often from bourbon), a slight cinnamon note, brown sugar, and black pepper. FINISH: Short, beginning with sweet tea and ending with weeds. SUMMARY: This isn't bad whisky, but it's simple and the finish, while e starting well, ends badly (who wants to have the taste of weeds in his mouth?). Perhaps it's just that I'm not a rye guy - I'm trying to find that out - but this whisky doesn't impress me. RATING: My hick rating scale has eight levels from bottom to top, and this one is the fifth, Good. That translates to 3.125 stars, 62.5/100, or 6.25/10.