Binny's #4939 127.5 pf. Nose- Marvelous and so NOT Old Forester as I find most offerings of OF single barrels at 90 and 100 proof to be one dimensional (banana, caramel, a bit of oak, etc.) This is vibrant. Raspberry and strawberry hits me out of the box. Surprisingly not much ethanol for the proof on the nose. There is dark chocolate in the background with some fresher wood which hints at a perhaps a younger to medium age. Palate- Neat this is a spicy beast. Almost takes your breath away with its tartness and spices. There is a nice tootsie roll thing going on that unfortunately gets eclipsed all too quickly. With 3- 4 drops of water in my pour something wonderful happens- spice gets tempered, I get the dark chocolate I found with the nose, with a bit of maple syrup and brown sugar along with some banana- nut bread. Neat it is a bit HOT. With water it is really a nice bourbon. Finish- This is a hammer with or without the water. It does not disguise the alcohol and unfortunately falls a bit on the bitter and woody side for me. If I do have a disappointment it would be a youthful, ethanol type finish. It will however start your mind realing after the second pour! That said I LOVE what OF is trying to do with this- give you an unabashed version of what their whiskey is straight from the barrel and you can love it, or leave it. It is NOT for new whiskey drinkers who want something "smooth" (a descriptive word that to me just means no character and unchallenging). Overall- 3.5/5 at this writing with hopes that some air might tone down the ethanol and turn up the tremendous notes I detect. At the moment I am sipping on the back porch and listening to Jim Croce's "Don't Mess Around with Jim," ( I know some will not get this reference or the song may be too old) but I find this bottle to be "Jim" and like the song says, "you DON'T mess around with Jim!"