Hirsch The Horizon (Blend of 6'ish year MGP rye mash bills 75/21/4 and 60/36/4) APPEARANCE: Love the Flask Shaped Bottle and Labeling. Unique without being Tacky or Kitschy. Nice Burnt Orange color. NOSE: Buttered Corn Bread, Rye Spice, and Oak. Mostly Savory, but hints of Vanilla Bean and Brown Sugar. A little Alcohol Sting. Just okay. NEAT: A lot Sweeter than the nose would suggest. Enters very Sweet with Lots of Oak, Vanilla, and Pink Bubblegum up front. Dry Cornbread and Tingly Rye Spice dominates the Mid-Palate and Finish. Decent building KY Hug with heat blooming in the back of the throat and upper chest. Drying Slightly Tannic Oak and Rye Spice coat and layer the palate. SPLASH: A few drops of water bring BIG changes. Nose gets a hint of chewable Baby Aspirin? Rye really dominates the palate now. Wintergreen, Eucalyptus, Clove, Black Licorice, Varnished Oak. That taste you get chewing on the Lacing of your baseball glove between pitches. Very Interesting. The coating becomes Sweet Mint and those Edible Flowers they use as garnish at those quirky, cool restaurants. Verdict: A solid 4. Very Good. Different. Clingy. Sweet. The Aftertaste lasts long after the glencairn is empty. Changes drastically with a few drops of water. One of the rare Bourbons where the taste drastically outperforms the nose. I knew absolutely nothing about this when I spied it on the shelf, but the label was very open about what was in the bottle and I thought $40 was decent VFM for 6'ish year old MGP. I definitely think it slots in well with some of my other favorite $40 bottles like HMcK10, Longbranch, MM46, Knob Creek, etc. Looking forward to spending some more time with this one and will definitely buy again if I see it.