For me the nose on this one was amazing. Palate was nice. finish is short st first then creeps back in amd lingers a while. Overall its tasty and beats EC18 for sure and is a contender with KC18. Its not quite worth the $200 srp but at $150 its perfectly fine and meets or exceeds quality of the 18 year bottles (listed above) in the same price range. Whiskeytube was a little too tough on this one. I think this bottle might have been too run of the mill for them since some of the online reviewers rated things higher that are simply different and not necessarily better in my opinion. All similar high age/quality beam productions have very similar notes to me. Its a game of ‘which one is priced the best for the same profile?’. Ogd16, kc18, little book ch7, and bakers 13 all fall in this category for me putting bakers at the top of the list for value and the other 3 tied for second.