This is a re-do immediately after a dram of Buffalo Trace. The latter is getting harder to find but no where near the pain in the ass that it is to get your hands on Weller. The color is pure gold and the nose appreciable from a few inches away. Really very similar to BT in that it’s not complex - ripe banana, cherries, wet oak and Dawn original dish soap come to mind. This bottle is around 2 years old now and the soapy smell is one I don’t remember from before. Again, vs BT the nose is pretty straightforward but without any baking spice. Damn smooth with mild honeysuckle, slight vanilla, prunes and bananas. The finish is short and sort of a sweet/sour. Almost seems like a little rye or more time in the cask could have fixed the unbalanced finish. Ok, shut up and drink again. This time I could be convinced there is some buttery caramel in there but mostly honeysuckle and good old corn-based sour mash sweetness. There might also be a bit more of a tobacco finish than I appreciated before but aside from slight ethanol there is no burn/spice/kick to it. Is it easy to drink? Absolutely. Worth countless trips to multiple liquor stores time and again - sometimes waiting in line on a Saturday morning for up to 2 hours? Given the price of $30 for 1.5L it’s a value - but probably only if you’re from KY. If I was in a pinch and BT was in the shelf or in a hypothetic world where Weller is t as over-hyped as it is I might honestly go for BT. Blasphemy! Ok fine, I’d rotate the two for a daily easy sipper and never feel like I was missing out (except for emotionally, because you anyways want what you can’t have).