89/100 Undiluted Nose: Cinnamon, vanilla, and oak on the nose with some fresh Raspberry in the background. As you back your nose out of the glass, the smell gets candy sweet Reminiscent of Candy apples. Though it is 132.5 proof, after a short 5 minute "rest" in the glass, there is almost no alcohol on the nose. Taste undiluted: Initial entry is big red fruits with some alcohol harshness mixed in. On the mid palette there is TONS of cinnamon, almost to the point of numbing the tongue to other flavors. The finish is medium in length with cinnamon still the star and very mild oak tannins underneath. The undiluted taste makes it obvious this is a sub 10 year old bourbon with young flavors tightly woven together. This bourbon will benefit from some water. Diluted Nose: not much different from the undiluted nose only the cinnamon toned down. Diluted Taste: Again with the young red fruit flavors (nothing distinct) on the entry and cinnamon on the mid palette. The mid palette cinnamon is still potent but toned down enough to pick out some caramel, oak tannins, and vanilla which all continues to the rather short finish but lasting cinnamon burn. All and all: I believe this is a decent whiskey but it would greatly benefit from 2 or so more years in the Barrel to tame the young flavors. The color however, seems to be dark like that of an older bourbon which leads me to believe there was an attempt at "fast aging" in a hotter part of the rick house. Also, I believe this whiskey would be better bottled at a lower proof than the daddy bourbon George T Stagg. All that said, you can see the potential and the relation to George T Stagg.