This rare, single barrel bottle from independent bottler C & S Dram Collection was a 7 year old, cask strength bottle provided by my friend Pranay for our Scottish Distillery Tour. It comes in at 58.8% and is a pale gold in the taster. It makes long, skinny legs when you spin it up. The nose is very American bourbon in style: lots of raw oak, sawdust and alcohol burn. It’s not until many minutes in does the faintest bit of cinnamon show up. Hot, hot, hot is the theme here. The palate, again, is all bourbon. Fresh cut pine and chopped oak with serious focus only on heat is what’s constantly present. There’s some cinnamon candy notes if you can withstand the burn. The finish is long, hot and overpowering. The high ABV leads to a harsh and dry finish and overall experience. There’s nothing subtle here and it’s just a power bomb assault on all of your senses. Pranay likened it to drain cleaner and may have used it for that purpose, literally. I don’t think it’s that bad, but there’s nothing here to contemplate, either. The remnants of the bottle would probably be put to use in my home as a mixer with cola, but straight out of the bottle I can’t give it more than 2-2.25 stars. It’s just too vicious. Thanks for the pour, @PBMichiganWolverine. Mark it down and move along. Cheers.