Barrel number 3596, Bypass Liquors Nicholasville, KY (no longer in business) barrel pick, bottled on 05JUL2018. Every distillery that tries so hard to keep information from their customers about their products always have bad products or practices, and there is no changing my mind. That's why I haven't purchased this yet, and likely why I've seen it fluctuate in price at such an insane curve. Yes, the cheap price definitely played a role here, but the liquor store I found this in had the most excellent customer service that, not only was this an easy support buy, but I shall be back again and again for continued patronage. It's a calm nose at first, with a bit of nuttiness and perhaps a tad of maple, but further in I get a good punch of spice, equal parts cinnamon rye and medium quality ethanol. The color is decent, but the poor 8 year barrel can't stand up too much with all that extra water. The taste copies the above profile. I start with a pretty nice sweetness bomb, that includes some caramel syrup, a little bit of nuttiness, and some baked bread or other pastries that really pass through the other barrel notes. However, the finish turns harsh with rye cinnamon coming out of seemingly nowhere, and then an ethanol burn that travels through the nose like wasabi. You could play the single barrel card here and easily get away with saying how each barrel is tasting so different from each other, but the concept of finding a barrel of mystery bourbon and breaking it open to try to discover it's anatomy only sounds good for a few barrels on the individual level, not as a business. The quality here tastes even lower than $40, so I do not envy those that buy this without hesitation at higher prices (but am jealous of the business owners).