On the lighter side as far as color... golden, like liquid amber. I'd guess this comes from light char barrels as it still tastes a bit young even though it's minimum a 4 year bourbon. I'm actually surprised the mash bill is as much corn as it is... I get a lot of the signature rye notes... cinnamon, peppery spices... I would have expected that the barley content was approaching double digits, though. I get a lot of barley notes from it, unsweet toffee and nutty... reminiscent of a Scotch, but without the peat, of course.