Alright, here we go. For the life of me, I don't understand why Whistlepig is so popular, and especially how everyone is so fine with paying way too high prices for any of their line. Having said that, I have had a few of their products and do think they make a decent rye, I just think they go too far with it to try to charge too much. I've had this product before, but just haven't properly rated it. There is a really lovely scent of cracked rye, with plenty of the spice that comes from distilling it, while also having a pretty decent note of vanilla caramel from what I assume is a 3 or 4 barrel char. It even smells pretty high proof considering it doesn't even break 100. There is a lot of candied cinnamon here, way more than other ryes with this same taste profile. It's really a great mix of young, bold cinnamon and the mellow, sweet oak flavor from 6 years being barreled. This one is definitely higher on the sweeter scale, but by the finish where harsh grass and cinnamon comes back, it's easily forgiven. Honestly, this is a pretty good addition for a 6 year rye. I would never pay the prices that I've seen this bottle go for (this was a trade), and would certainly never hunt it or wait in line for it, but I could see myself loving a cocktail upgrade to this rye (if the bartender didn't gouge me for it), and it still works well as a sipper amongst the other ryes in my collection. This doesn't motivate me to shell out to see what Whistlepig's other products are like, but it does establish that they have a pretty good idea of what a proper rye should be, and I'm sure they didn't lose that idea on their way up the product chain.