Really like the Jim Beam profile, knob creek was always a good solid go to but that changed with this whiskey. The age statement is back and they aren't at 9 they upped it to 12. This whiskey changes multiple times through out an evening as it opens up which is always great because you don't drink the same whiskey twice. Nose is sweet caramel, vanilla, a bit of brown sugar. Cherry is your fruit note, barrel and rye spice round it out. Let it open up and you get more honey, nice baking spices, cinnamon and apple with a sweet pie crust note true apple pie in a glass. Taste is classic bourbon, sweet, cherry, honey, caramel, it's knob creek so the rye and barrel spices show up early and loud but calm down quick with a vanilla surge too. Let it open up with time and you get cherry, honey, even more vanilla, peaches, and corn syrup on the taste. Finish is kind of short for such a bourbon with an age statement like this but it's sweet, oak, fruit and honey as long as it lasts. The finish doesn't really change the more it opens up except that you get less oak wood notes and more vanilla cream the longer it sits. Really nice bourbon and a nice age statement at a fair to good price.