Batch 2 Color: Dark Auburn Nose: grain, honey, oak and baking spice, caramel and vanilla, toffee and some orange peel, slight ethanol at the end but overall a great nose! Palate: brown sugar, leather, honey, oak, caramel and slight butterscotch, cinnamon spice finish and linger, a warm Kentucky Hug - way far in the back there is a slight hint of the Beam funk. 100 proof and 14 years did this Knob Creek some service. The price tag of ~$130 is a hard pill to swallow, thankfully I received this bottle when I worked for Beam.