I'm not sure why I bought this bourbon a few years back. Maybe it was because of a YouTube review. Maybe it was something I read online. I don't recall. What I do know is that there's no substitute for experience--you have to wade through a lot of crap to understand what the good stuff is. So I'll chalk this one off to experience. A lot of ethanol on the nose. A lot of rye spice, and a dusty note, and some cherry underneath it all. A little hazelnut. There's a reason why I still have plenty left in this bottle. I don't believe I've tasted it since my last review two and a half years ago (7/19/22). I get the same general impressions today. This bourbon (is it even bourbon? The back label is confusing) is sourced from MGP. The age statement on the back--hand written--is "3-5 years." You could drive a truck through that range. On a percentage basis, 5 is a 67% increase from 3. "Straight bourbon," if under 4 years old, must have an age statement. Yes, this one does. But "3-5 years" doesn't say much. Then there's the issue of the mash bill. The back label says "91% rye bourbon", "5% wheat bourbon", and "4% corn bourbon." There's no such thing as "rye bourbon": a bourbon by definition has to be at least 51% corn. A rye by definition has to be at least 51% rye. Why go to the trouble of hand-writing specifics when the specifics are meaningless? I have no idea what I paid for this, but a quick online search suggests that current iterations (4 years old) can be had for $50 or more. Would I buy it again? No. This may work in a cocktail, but I don't make too many cocktails. I'd feel guilty sharing this with friends, unless they were genuine bourbon afficionados who wanted to try something off the wall. 2.5 generous stars on the Distiller scale. 119.8 proof.