Many, many bottles later and I finally remember that I've never rated this. My love for all variants will never die, but standard will forever be where it's at. Great cracked rye and gentle (yet potent at the same time) cinnamon scent. The age is not incredibly clear, especially regarding the amounts of each blend, but there is both a dusty presence from pretty decent age, and yet still balanced by medium levels of caramel and vanilla. Knowing that this is aged mostly in smaller volume barrels, the oak is coming through on the nose, albeit very charred, sugary, and sweet. A sweet corn base is the first thing I notice on the taste, followed by a bomb of spice, and then moving into an oak filled finish, which actually tastes more of a toasted oak than highly charred. This is such a lovely tapestry, because it begins very familiar and with approachable territory, but the finish is just complicated enough that, if you told me this was a secondary spirit barrel finish, I would believe you and begin wildly guessing which spirit barrel it was from. Huge shout out to Stephan Beam for making/envisioning a great product. Both this whiskey and the distillery it comes from hold great memories for me, but the best part is that keep buying new bottles and never stop the experience.