A curious bottom-shelfer that's started showing up on Canadian shelves, at a strangely high price (perhaps owing to importation and minimum-pricing legislation). Smell is acetone/paint at first, but underneath there's actually a decent hit of caramel and vanilla. Some barrel-char character. A bit green, leafy. Faint apple. Not a lot of the "grape drink" flavour I generally get from Heaven Hill bourbons. Taste is thin and a bit hot. Initially some peanuts (not unlike the Beam yeast), then a nice vanilla/caramel sweetness. A bit of creeping bitter/soggy wood. Barrel char. A slight bit of fruitiness, creamed corn, and something evocative of a Scotch blend. Not an awful bourbon--it's got a very stereotypically "bourbon" taste profile--but it's thin, and hot, and with some creeping bitterness. I prefer the Evan Williams Black Label; I also prefer their White Label bottled-in-bond. In my local market, the 1783 is more expensive than both of those aforementioned bottles, and thus not even remotely worth the expenditure.