From a full 750ml bottle; Batch #15-04 @ 55.2% ABV. Nose is all spice and wood, and if you dip too deep, you'll discover the alcohol hangs just below the lip of the Glencairn. Given a good swirl to push the alcohol aside, I can find a bit of sugarcane and hay. The palate is a fairly thin, fairly hot mouth-coating blast of spice; mostly cardamom, anisette, nutmeg, and a hint of rosemary before turning slightly sweet heading to the finish. The finish as exclusively barrel; and is almost enough to drive this down another star. If it had a creamier texture and wasn't so damn woody, it'd be a solid 5. The rest of this batch will go into a rocks glass with a cube of ice to mute the wood and highlight the little sweet that exists, and I'll continue to save $25 by buying Maker's 46, which is significantly better all around.