Two years ago this summer, I was in the wedding of my college roommate to one of my seminary best friends. Since the ceremony was in Nashville, I drove down and made a little pit stop on the way in Louisville to do some bourbon exploration. The Bulleit tour was neat (getting to be in the old Stitzel-Weller facility is alone pretty cool for a whiskey lover), but the real highlight was the Evan Williams Experience. Most especially the part where we got to try the Single Barrel, which they conveniently sell in the gift shop on your way out from the tasting room. I loved it then, and having recently bought another bottle...I'm still a fan. It's a friendly, easygoing bourbon - ripe apple (almost apple pie, really), cinnamon and nutmeg, peaches, vanilla, caramel, and buttery pastry on the nose, with a palate that matches up nicely. I'm struck, actually, at how much this reminds me of Clyde May's Bourbon, except better aged, smoother, better integrated, and $10 less a bottle. If I were to have a complaint, it's that the finish is a little shorter than I'd like...hence how this wound up a 4 star rather than 5 star rating, but don't let that deter you. This is a steal at under $30, and one of my go-tos for a good, quality sipper.