My new favorite rye. Tasting neat: Starts off light brown sugar sweet with bark and red hot cinnamon being prominent and the good rye baking spices and a little char playing supporting roles. Very few of the 'greener' rye flavors. The sugar and heat give way to a medium long finish of wood tannins, sweetness, and spices. Overall: Bright, sweet, smooth (for the proof), with a quick spicy punch that mellows out with complexity