Ever wonder what Wild Turkey would taste like if the Russell family were from Tennessee instead of Kentucky? Here’s your huckleberry, if so, because the filtration through mesquite and oak charcoal here lends a certain Daniels-and-Dickel quality here - that light, sweet, summery quality. And, really, that’s what this is at its core as a bourbon - it’s a bourbon made for a porch swing on a late July evening. The Wild Turkey house style is present - sweet corn, baking spices, a pleasantly dry woodiness, cherry cola - but lighter. That’s not to say it’s not flavorful; far from it, but it is lighter in body and lacks the crackling, hot vibrancy of most other Wild Turkey bottlings. I found this for a bit under $40; not a bad price. I wouldn’t reach for this in January when the Wisconsin winter is howling around my house, but now that the days are long and the garden is nearly prepped for planting? I’ll take it.