This is my 200th review. Coming back to this bottle after about a month and man does it deliver. For me it’s hard to find a bourbon under $30 that beats this. The staples are just as good — Buffalo Trace, Four Roses, Elijah Craig, Woodford, and Makers Mark — but for my taste this is just as rich and spicy if you like higher rye as Woodford but not as oaky. Nose: dusty corn, earthy vanilla, leather, baking spices, honey Taste: nutmeg, a little more vanilla and honey and some brown sugar — it’s quite rich and spot on as far as the proof goes, any less (OF86) and you lose some complexity and you get a thinner sip. Any higher and you really need to extra oak to round things out as far as the Brown Forman mashbill goes (like Old Forester 1920 and others). Finish: a little eucalyptus hit at the end, medium finish with a little more vanilla at the end. I tasted this up against a Four Roses single barrel pick and the FR won but not by much.