This whiskey is no southern bell. This is a Calamity Jane kinda whiskey. So if you want to get tossed around just a bit...she’s your kinda girl. They’ve dialed in the mesquite smoke since their first batch. Allowing the oak spices, brown sugar, cherry pie and vanilla to come through on the nose and not just MESQUITE SMOKE. I’m always left with a big whiff of sweet pipe tobacco before I take my first sip. Don’t worry, the smoke comes through on the palate. But, again. Unlike other mesquite smoked whiskeys, they have really learned how to find their balance and not just smoke out all the other flavors. Mesquite BBQ, leather, jerky, and crem brûlée burnt sugar, and a flavor that only kids who grew up climbing mesquite trees will recognize...mesquite sap and bark dust. Such intriguing stuff