Alcohol, brown sugar, baking spices and maple on the nose. This initially has lots of heat and alcohol, but at 91 proof....this is likely the 25 years of oak shining through. A little water lets the maple syrup flavor, spice and cinnamon/ nutmeg flavors come out. This is not a Bourbon for everyone, but it is a interesting try. For the money, there are better Bourbons on the market....but there is some history in this bottle with the Bernheim distilling and Stitzel-Weller storage. As the purported final bottling of this series, this bottle shows what 25 years in a barrel can do in comparison to the prior bottlings - as this one seemed oakier. An interesting comparison is a taste test between this bottle and Entrapment (25 years in Canada, which was sweeter and less oak forward).