One of my favorite movies is The Big Lebowski. At one point in the movie, Sam Elliott's cowboy character asks the bartender at the bowling alley if they have any more of "that good sarsaparilla." Upon hearing that they have Sioux City sarsaparilla, he goes "yeah...that's a good one." I feel like this bourbon is like that - the exemplar of, yeah, that one's a good bourbon. It scratches all the right bourbon itches: an almost copper penny color, a nose loaded with vanilla, spice, coconut, chocolate, leather, and caramel, and a palate that screams "now THIS is a bourbon." Chocolate ice cream with a caramel ribbon, sopapillas with cinnamon and vanilla ice cream, that lightly drying sense of tobacco and old leather, a just-sweet-enough cherry cola that emerges with a little extra time in the glass. For a 100 proof offering, it's very smooth, too. I struggled with whether to call this a 4 or a 5; my "if I have to think about it, it's a 4" rule stands. It's an excellent bourbon; perhaps not the most striking or fresh take on things, but it's a good one.