If you've never tried rye, this is not a bad way to dip your toe in. Your toe will get singed off, but forget about that and concentrate on the taste, which at first I find to be oily and pleasantly bittersweet, but then quickly crescendos into a bloodbath of oak, pistol smoke, and indian killing testosterone. (Feathers.) The label says "Mild and Mellow"...a hilarious joke. A desperate lie.
Do you walk around the world quoting Doc Holliday, or trying to create situations where you might get to quote him? Well looky here! A wagon wheel! Well, no, this is no wagon wheel...it's rye whiskey. Skin this smokewagon.