𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 5, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐'𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘣. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘵 0226 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 7, 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳. This is an expensive whisky, at least for me, at $80.99 for a fifth. It's a wheated bourbon with a mash bill of 74% corn, 15% wheat, and 11% barley. It's 94 proof and is three years old. In the glass it's a dark reddish brown, darker than I'd expect based on the proof. It got this bottle at Total Wine. NOSE: Smoky honey, old lumber (which sounds bad, but is actually pleasant), something floral (perhaps forsythia?), fresh chocolate cake, alfalfa hay, and graham crackers. After I began sipping the whisky a corn tortilla note also appeared. MOUTHFEEL: Viscous. TASTE: Honey, milk chocolate, a little citrus, dark chocolate, and red pepper. With good whisky I always get more on the nose than on the palate, so the disparity shouldn't cause you to believe it's not good or not complex - it is both. FINISH: Medium long, and simpler than the rest of the whisky - oak turning into dark chocolate. But I like oak that turns into chocolate, so for me this is a nice finish, its only drawback being that it's not long enough. SUMMARY: People talk about Texas whisky, but most Texas whisky that I've had imitates Kentucky, at least to some extent. This stuff doesn't - it's proud to be from Texas. It's not worth $81, but it is very good. At that price I probably won't buy it again, but if it were $60-70 I probably would. RATING: On my hick scale, which I created and which I keep because it works for me, this comes in at 7, Right Fine (with 1 being the lowest and 8 the highest). This translates to 4.375 stars, 87.5/100, or 8.75/10.