I pop the cork and from the neck I get a whiff of caramel and milk chocolate. It reminds me of a Milky Way bar on a hot summer day. I’m admittedly a big Stag Jr fan. It’s honestly what turned me on to the Buffalo Trace distillery and BTAC. Sort of like a gateway drug. So here we are - batch 14. An unassuming amber color with whispy legs. Humid summer KY evening on the porch. Glencarin. The nose is big oak and big caramel. Marzipan, cherries, cloves and pepper. The heat is tame... oddly tame. Pepper, oak, leather and steady heat with more cherries, some milk chocolate and maybe a bit of sun dried tobacco and black licorice on a long finish. It reminds me a lot of batch 12. Maybe more oak and less buttery vanilla? It’s recognizable by its heat but the bite doesn’t come unless you sip and sip again too fast. I’d say they’re equal. Still in love. It’s not it’s more tannic, stone fruit big brother but it wins me over for sure. This was a $65 find but I’d easily give up to $80. Honestly, I’d go to $125-150 where some of the craft bottles check in for sale of balance and big flavor with a long finish. It’s hotter than some but rewarding I’d you sip slowly.