Neat. Opened 1.5 - 2 years (yikes time flies). Derby pour. I recall really enjoying this the last time I had it but haven’t sat down with it for a serious tasting. The bottle is now 2/3rds gone, so time to end it over the next few weeks. Gosh, the first note I am grabbing from the nose is surprising me. It’s a short bread sugar cookie. Very bright and very sweet. As I spend more time in the glass it is darkening into more traditional Woodford territory. Caramel glaze. Plenty of cherry. Some really nice oak and leather. I really the combo of the caramel and sugar cookie. Strangely, for something opened for so long I can still get hit with a blast of ethanol if I get too aggressive. I just want some more sugar cookie and instead I get my nose smacked. Perfect, creamy texture and it lights up the palate with brown sugar, maple and sweet oak. Mmm that was a really good first sip. It transitioned into this creamy milk chocolate with a cherry cream center. Then came the sugar cookie and it ends with a rich caramel. The legs slowly transition back to that sweet oak and they hang out for a bit. Weird how this mutated into this Irish Whiskey meets Woodford combo. The proof on this magnifies all these traditional Woodford flavors. Still makes me never want to drink regular Woodford again. This is so much better. Why not turn this into a normal release or at lease a ECBP multiple batches a year at a better price. At $70 this would be a fun comparison to similarly priced barrel proof offerings. At $130, it is still a hard one to recommend when I think $65 ECBP is still consistently better. It’s worth the experience to understand what Woodford could be but also makes it all the more frustrating too. Great pour while it lasts but I won’t be too nostalgic when this bottle runs dry.