Rating: 7/23 Total Wine devoted an entire shelf in the middle of the bourbon section to this, suggesting that it really isn't all that good (at least for the price). So naturally I had to grab a mini to check it out. N: It has a richer nose than Bulleit does, with caramel, some woody spices that don't play up cinnamon too much, apple with some mineral tartness, light floral, and some cardboard. It smells young, but not painfully so. P: The nose is better. The palate is very young. It isn't undrinkable, but it tastes like caramel flavoring was added to cover up the youth. A little bit of that apple does come through along with some spice and quite a bit of mineral. It has an OK mouthfeel, but the flavor is miserably mild. What a let down. There's even a bit of unpleasant bitterness. I get a bit of alcohol, but not too much. F: Minerals and overly spicy wood. And something a bit bitter. There's really nothing much going on here. A faint wisp of nice sawdusty wood does come through at the end though. I'm very unimpressed. This is unpleasant. It's around the quality of Clyde May's Alabama style, but just a bit more off. I'm thinking of a 7. It reminds me a bit of IW Harper 15 with its lightness and sawdust, but only in comparison with other bourbons. This is even lighter than the likes of Jim Beam Black and Ezra Brooks. This is to those as IW Harper is to the likes of Elijah Craig and Wild Turkey Rare Breed. I won't say that this is a disappointment, because I expected it to be bad, but it sure is an unpleasant experience.