Bottled at 80 proof, the whiskey has a deep orange appearance in the glass, typical of a reasonably aged rye (averaging four years, in fact). The nose has a sweet character, where vanilla mingles with cinnamon red hots over a base of banana, and a current of cedar wood runs throughout.

The flavor follows from there. It’s balanced in its sweet and spicy side, and that woody current that is more cedar than oak runs throughout, now with a minty tinge to it that compliments the spicy rye side nicely.