Aroma - blueberry maple pancakes and vanilla frosting donuts. It literally smells like you are walking into a bakery in the morning. Getting a lot of antique store like notes as it opens (old, musty, oaky tones). Taste - Everything transferring from the nose to the palate. A shit ton of maple, vanilla frosting here. Old dusty oak lingers in the background holding it together like a backbone. Rye component starts to make its presence known right before the finish in the form of a massive burst of bubblegum. The finish ebbs and flows with darker tones of berries and even a slight rich chocolate fudge is picked up in the finish. Every once in a while that bubblegum rye note creeps into the finish which is a delight in my opinion. Overall - this is an absolute flavor bomb that drinks well below its proof. Very decadent, dessert like whiskey. Only knock on this is its viscosity at its proof. I’m being extremely nit-picky here, but the combination of heavy maple presence and high proof wants my brain to think that this should be more “sticky” and viscous on the palate. The finish is extremely long too which further makes me want to have this have more “body” to it. Worth the Price of Admission???? - fuck yea it is. The value you are getting in this around $150 is amazing.