About as straightforward a bourbon aroma as you can get. Dig in and mild oak, stale honey roasted peanut butter, and a bit of fruit leather are perceptible. Given some time to breathe, sweet vanilla emerges along with woodsmoke. At this point too the dried fruit notes take shape in the form of apple, cherry, and a little apricot. All of this swims in a shallow sea of melted candy corn, maple syrup, and fairly tame spice. Lastly, cocoa and tobacco. The palate is sweet with all the classic bourbon flavors, but lacking in depth. There is brown sugar, vanilla, pepper, citrus peel, cherry, peanut, oak and spice including cinnamon and caraway seed. Tasty yet weak, and overly sweet like Canadian whisky. Thin in the mouth neat, and it struggles to stand up to an ice ball for long. Legs develop slowly, but melt away in a hasty retreat. The finish is on the short side, with some oak, dusky corn, and cherry lozenge. Nose: 8 Palate: 7 Body: 6 Finish: 7