2nd time tasting this. First tasting I was very impressed with a balanced sweet and oaky flavor. 2nd tasting was a new bottle and less impressed. Smell was more could be described as mix of vinegar, walnuts, and almond liqueur. The taste also had strong walnut flavor. Didn't taste as sweet and oaky at all (possibly different, subpar batch). 3rd place in a blind taste test behind Sagamore double oaked rye (1st) and Pikesville 110 straight Rye (2nd).