Tasting neat. Average coating legs and golden copper-brown in the glass. Nose is floral grain, pine resin, and sweet chocolate malt. In the mouth, chocolate malt, pine resin aromatics, grain, and mint/peppery spice. Mouthfeel is thin but warming (not hot), especially as the finish progresses into sweet maple syrup and raisins, and then warm tingling spices with just a hint of oak and smoke. Fairly long finish turns clean and soft. An ice cube takes down the spiciness--not a particularly good thing. One of the early leaders in crafting American single malts, and this is their "flagship" whiskey. Well worth searching out and trying, along with other American single malts like Westward and Stranahans. All is not bourbon on the continent. Cheers!