This one was a gift from some friends after a year of surviving plenty of ups and downs. It definitely put a smile on my face because we’d shared it together and had a great night once before. Alone on the porch, we’ll say it stirs memories more than my palate. Light golden, nicely aromatic for the color. Sweet corn, cherries from afar with baking spices as I nose in. There’s maybe a faint hint of oak here but not much. It’s very smooth with slight oak and corn mash and ripe banana sweetness. There some slight spice and heat from the mid to back of the sip. Nosing it again I get more of the same as before. Second sip is just as smooth and has an unsurprisingly short finish. I do continue to get some damp woody flavors and ripe banana but nothing much in the spice or earthy departments. This is a good one to pour for friends who are new to whiskey neat. There’s nothing to run away from but nothing to really run back to either. In a lot of ways it reminds me of a Weller special reserve + damp oak and slight baking spice. Both are true to my heart as a Kentucky bourbon but more discriminating whisky drinkers will likely want more than the slightly spicy, young-ish, corn based whiskey that it is.