Revisiting a 1.75 that's been open for about 10 months and is half full. Tasted neat from a glencairn. Not my first for the night, so I'm not going to get fancy with this review as my nose is a bit off from alergies and my palate has enjoyed some EC earlier. That said... Neat this is better than my first pour. The nose still has a bit of an ethanol element, but otherwise I'm getting cherries, vanilla and wood. Love that sweet introduction on the sip. Nice mouthfeel, creamy and rich. Short finish, light pepper, fair rye influence but not out of balance at all. I MIGHT like this better than Evan Williams bottled-in-bond. I'll have to do a sbs. Its not embarrassed by the Elijah Craig, either. I did a quick SBS and I'll take this all day every day over BT. I've drunk most of this bottle as Manhattans with two shakes of Angostura and a 3:1 mix with Cocchi Americano. It's a winner in that role. A very, very good mixer. I'm seeing that it can hold its own when served neat, too. Good stuff. I wish I could find something like a steady supply here in FL...