After years of hearing how good this is, I finally decided to get a bottle of Four Roses Small Batch Look: Dark straw, amber colored. Really, looks like that scene in Jurassic Park where they extract the Dino dna from the mosquito, except appetizing. Alcohol legs with swirling. Nose: This seems pretty mild - cinnamon, barrel, vanilla. Your usual bourbon notes. Digging further may give you a little cherry, but that’s about it. Swirling opens up more cinnamon and brown sugar notes. Palate: after swirling, I wanted to dig right in, and was rewarded with brown sugar and oak. Not so much cinnamon, but a very nicely balanced bourbon between sweetness and spice. More oak than I’d have figured. On my third sip, I noticed what I think was chocolate, which was neat as I’ve never picked that up before I’m whisky. Finish: there’s more heat than the nose led on, bitterness in the finish and a strong woody presence. Overall: Maybe a little underwhelmed, but that’s because the bar set for all of bourbon is so high with bottles in a similar price. Even though I’m underwhelmed, I still really enjoy this bourbon, but the oaky bitterness is what turns me off.