Nose... Simple caramel and roasted corn. Sweet and oat heavy.... Appearance... A light to medium Amber... Taste... Cereal dominant, almost like a dry bowl of Cheerios. The flavor is corn influenced, with grass and earthy tones. Overall... At the price point it makes more than sense. In my humble, almost conspiracy type of opinion, they (Binnys) have taken a very nice barrel of bourbon, and consumed themselves what they seemed reasonable and have then watered down the rest to bottle it as is. Is this bad? No, not at all, better than most bottom shelf. Holds it's own neat and when I consider that I paid $13 it's really a shelf taker.