Toasted barrel finish straight rye whiskey. MGP mashbill 95% rye, 5% malted barley, rested 6 years in oak. Then finished in char #2 heavy toast oak barrels. Batch 24-304, 50% ABV. Tasting neat. Rose copper and good coating legs in the glass. On the nose, oak char, toffee, light burnt sugar, a little spice in the background. On the palete, creamy butterscotch, toffee, oak char, and dry leather tannins. White pepper and spicy sweet grass back that up. Mouthfeel is creamy/oily, coating the mouth with tropical fruit sweetness. Finish runs from there to caramel corn, old soft apple, and a dry rye spice that lingers a long time in that oily coating that finally goes clean. No sour off flavors show up. There's little overpowering about the flavors of this whiskey, and it has little ethanol bloom. If anything, that toasted oak note stands out, and youll love or hate it depending on your reaction to that. I quite like that smoky quality. An ice cube tames the spice and accentuates the fruit notes. A really pleasant sip either way. Penelope is now a brand owned by Ross & Sqibb, blending and aging MGP distillate, and doing a good job of it. The price seems a little high, but this is a production experiment in toasted barrels. We'll see how far it goes, if it continues, and if the price eventually comes down.