So this is another store pick, a ladies pick no less. I'll be honest with you for ever official full proof I see, I see 5 store picks. So honestly, odds are you're having a store pick with this one. Nose - There's a dusty oak over some sweetness. I'm not getting a lot on the nose. It's got a very marshmallow like sweet but not too sweet thing going on. Adding water and I'm getting hit by oak spice. I get a bit more sweetness too. Water really opened the nose. Taste - This is a much more oak dominate full proof than I can remember. So you get the normal 1792 sweetness. I think of it was sweet corn, and very clean and heavy vanilla (not a french vanilla or vanilla extract but a very candied clean one). After that there's a lot of oak and oak spice. There's 3x the oak in this than any other bottle I've had. I also get a bit of nutty notes which again are off profile. Water brings out more of the traditional sweet 1792 flavors. There's still oak. The oak is a very middle of the road one for me. It isn't young oak, it isn't old oak, it's not overly spicy but there's spice. I'm enjoying this different take while still being on profile of the 1792. I'm always a fan of 1792 and I've yet to have one I wouldn't recommend as a buy. This is the same. 1792 full proof is the perfect 3 star bourbon. No, it's not special or magical, but it's priced very well for what is absolutely outstanding quality bourbon. That said not that complex, not that old, and certainly not a special bourbon.