Batch 7, bottle 334 of 700. Older bottle style, 103 proof. The color is an hue of orange. The nose following a neck pour is light with a whiff of ethanol. There’s toasted oak, stewed peaches with cinnamon, a bit of milk chocolate... pepper, cigar. Oh this hits like water on the back of the tongue with an oily finish. Pecans, vanilla, a bit of heat and then a yeast roll, orange peel and tobacco finish. This is what I’d hoped for! Blasphemous comment incoming - this is what a $200, marked up bottle of Elmer T Lee should taste like. The bright, sweet and oaky palate is complemented by an oily, slightly hot and lingering finish that America’s other light whisky company can’t proof or make enough of. At ~$100 this is not a value per se and would be unaffordable as an every day sipper. I can’t comment on more recent batches but this just does it for me. It’s not the clove, mineral and honey laden Remus from MGP. It’s also not the bold, leathery JM triple cask finish. It’s an entirely different, and truly lighter, more floral/earthy and almost BT-like bottle. Debating running back for another bottle before it’s gone, largely due to bourbon FOMO, my inner tater, and the fact that Elmer T Lee won’t be back in my neck of the woods for some time.