The best way I can think to sum up this bourbon is something like this: imagine you have a friend and you go way back. You treasure that friendship until you find out one day that he sold the PlayStation you lent him for college along with all your games. You then realize that your history is sorted at best and you begin to see that your friendship has a lot of holes you've just been ignoring for the past 6 years. Ouch. This bourbon is like that. You're captivated for a moment with its character, then all of a sudden the proof punches you in the throat out of nowhere. "That's odd" you think to yourself and you take another sip, this one totally enjoyable. You laugh at yourself saying "see? We're totally fine!" That's when you next sip chokes you, then steals and sells your favorite vintage Journey tee. This was inconsistent and too harsh at times for me to enjoy as much as I wanted to. (FWF share #4)