Burnt sugar, rich vanilla cake frosting, ginger spice, creamy cereal grains, full and hearty like a loaf of traditional rye bread, yellow cake, tangerine jam, lemon zest, chinese cinnamon. Intensely aromatic but not overwhelmingly so. Leather and the fruity character of raw cacao linger. Excellent proof. One of the best ryes on the market, has been pretty consistent in flavor profile and quality from year to year. Would recommend Russell's SiB rye, Knob Creek rye CS.