Laws Whiskey House Centennial Bonded 7 year old (Batch 5), 50%

The nose kicks off with some not-unpleasant artificial fruit: cherry hard candies, Fruit Roll-Up, and strawberry Toaster Strudel come to mind, joined by hibiscus tea and pie crust. The palate is hot, hot, hot, with cinnamon spice and white pepper; stick with it (and add some water) and richer flavors of cinnamon babka and honeycomb emerge. More heat on the finish, which has plenty of wood spice, some sawdust, baking chocolate, and leather.