I get a little honey on the nose. Some baking spices, a hint of chocolate and a little butterscotch. The palate is sweet then it get's oaky but not bitter oak. mor honey oak. The sweetness is more honey than sugar. The palate has a lot of different flavors going on. Sweet, spicy, grainy (like cereal) oak, toasted marshmallow. Yum. For the lower proof, the finish is long and lingering with the honey oak most prevalent. I looked up the mash bill (recipe) and it is 72% corn (sweetness) 18% Rye (fairly high for a bourbon but rye ads complex flavors and spice), and 10% Malted Barley (which ads some cereal flavors) It's all in there. It's hard to believe and fascinating to me that all those flavors come out of 3 grains, some yeast(which does add specific flavors) and an oak barrel.