Neat. Neck pour. Immediately greeted with a dark pumpernickel bread and baking spices. Around the edges I get vanilla and caramel and cinnamon. Very light apple and cherry. Really nice and balance, no ethanol or detection of its cheapness. Creamy, light on the tongue. The notes upfront are lighter than I was expecting. Simple syrup sweetness on the tongue, gives way to the vanilla, caramel, and cinnamon. The dark notes on the nose don’t come back on the legs and leaves you with those baking spices. Slight Kentucky hug to remind you of the proof. Dries out the mouth and leaves you with more oak on subsequent sips. What an amazing value. This is good whiskey through and through. It’s creamy and light as air texture is probably my favorite and most surprising quality. The drying and bitterness that I am getting over time is the only fault.