Nose- caramel, vanilla, spice (cinnamon?) Palate- starts with classic sweet bourbon flavors (vanilla, brown sugar, caramel etc) then gets spicy with black pepper which lingers through into the finish Finish- medium length with lots of black pepper The high rye content really punches through on this whiskey. Seeing how easy it is to drink I would never have thought it’s 50% ABV. Great bang for the buck.