Nose: Oak, vanilla, toasted cereal grains - that malted barley shows up on the nose. Warm buttered bread. Grassy, vegetal, and herbaceous. Classic clove, nutmeg, cinnamon. Strawberries, Luxardo cherries. Dusty corn. The proof is helping this jump out of the glass without bowling you over. Palate: Cloves and nutmeg, followed with brown sugar, oak, and those toasted grains again. Dried thyme, star anise, dried basil, oranges, green bell peppers. Luxardo cherries. Artificial cherry - the stuff they use in medicine. Slightly prickly alcohol. Medium-light mouthfeel, the finish starts off with that classic alcohol pop, followed by nutmeg and clove-studded oranges. Strawberries and blueberries surge forward - then that medicinal shows up. Slowly fades off with oak, barrel bitter, vanilla, and burnt brown sugar staying behind. Other notes: my palate is thrashed - a little under the weather today. That being said, this stuff is very good for the price - around $25 at a grocery store in my town. Don't come to this expecting a totally typical rye. The mash bill here pulls through and shows you what happens when you dial up the rye and malted barley and pull back on the corn. A nice change of pace and a solid addition to my liquor cabinet.