Caramel Sweet caramel, butterscotch, mild salty brine, vanilla, oak, tannin, spice leather, traces of dried fruit Sweet and salty caramel, butterscotch, vanilla, spicy notes then medium oak and rye burn 5 to 10 seconds in takes over but mild for Orphan Barrel then moderate tannin fur followed by nutty, leather, sweet butterscotch, caramel, vanilla, maple, cedar, cinnamon notes for very smooth and complex finish Drops of water bring forward nutty, buttery tannin cinnamon notes though butterscotch and maple decline. Would likely do without water. Tasted head to head with the 24 year and the 25 is much smoother with far more complex notes during its long, very smooth finish