This whiskey proved to be as delicious on the pallet as on the nose. That mapley pancake& sausage on a stick nose/pallet is remarkable and crave worthy but the lack of complexity and balance left something to be desired. Amazing nose/pallet but room to improve with complexity/balance. Had to drop the score on this one. After becoming curious about the labeling choice of this whiskey, I.E. "rye whisky" and not "straight rye whiskey" I learned that it is in fact flavored whiskey. Not sure exactly what they're adding to it, and honestly I like the flavors. But I can't give it a high score when compared to other straight whiskey's whose flavors were developed through traditional methods and not by adding flavoring compounds.