Rating: 10/23 I've given this some time to breathe. N: Apples, light caramel, sweet cereal, sour mash, minerals, spices (cinnamon). It's an adequate nose, but it's boring. P: Sweet with somewhat light caramel with hints of butterscotch. Cinnamon, mineral, a bit of tartness, and faint cereal. There's really too much mineral though and it's too lightly flavored. There isn't anything that tastes bad in here though. F: The mineral comes out more here and the cinnamon burn lingers. Hints of caramel and cereal remain. Not actively bad, but certainly not very good. This is absolutely not a bad bourbon. There's nothing objectionable to it, but there isn't anything good either. It isn't interesting or rich or much of anything. Evan Williams White and Ezra Brooks are both richer and neither of those is what I would really consider a rich whiskey. Evan Williams White is also more complex and interesting. I personally also refer the more candy-like profile of Ancient Age, but I can totally understand anyone liking the profile that this has better. I think that the quality is pretty close to that of Early Times. Considering how this compares with those other bourbons, I think it has to be a 10 or 11. I'm going with 10, which is what I gave Early Times. There's just no way that this is worth $30.