Thank you once more to Mark for giving me a sample of Elmer T Look: lighter in color, straw on the edges where the light hits, more orange otherwise. Nice thick alcohol legs and lacing stay present on the rim of my glass. Nose: lots of booze up front, but mainly sweetness. Vanilla brown sugar followed by some sweet spice notes, like a mix of cinnamon and sugar. Intermingling with all this is the barrel characters. Swirling gives what I always associate with cherry. The nose on this is preferable to Stagg, with a lot sweeter aromas coming to mind. Palate: Honey, apple pie, way sweeter than expected, but in a different way. Letting the whiskey linger opens up more spices but maintains a sweet note throughout. Slight cherry from the nose, and some oak, but really pleasant. Finish: Little heat for me, with a lot of flavor. The bitterness isn’t that high, which is great to me, and mildly drying in the mouth. The finishing flavor I get is the oak and dark fruit. Overall: one of my favorite samples I’ve had as of late, up there with 12 year Van Winkle. Lots of sweet flavors, but enough sauciness and oak to balance everything out.