I'll need some more time with this one ....... per the owner "the best part about is the bottle" so far that is true ...........It is more palatable to me than Beam.. it has kind of a sour dough taste (?) to it - it's better after something I know I like than b4 somehting I like - oh and the bottle is very cool> PS: my kid went to IU too - so I thought I'd toss a little support your way