Eagle Rare 17 Year Old Bourbon 

Appearance:   Deep red/gold in the bottle, shows its age quite well.You
rarely see this color in a whiskey as it denotes a great deal of maturity
and aging.To see this color in a single malt scotch it would have to be a to
older and about 4 - 10 x more expensive. It is a beautiful thing. On
swirling it leaves a thicker coating on the glass and has more legs and
heavier body than George T. Stagg or Buffalo Trace Bourbon.

First Impression:   Dry, almost amontillado-like bouquet, leather, and on
more warming: char, toffee, some spicyness, and a faint trace of marzipan.

Taste:   Dry start, like a old dry sherry at first,  medium mouth feel,
somewhat like a XO cognac, whisper down the throat and then leaves a rather
delicate warming considering the 90 proof almost ethereal in nature, but
unlike a lot of older bourbon still has a lot of life left to it. Most
bourbons don't stand up to age well, they have a very turbulent ride to
adolescence in new fresh charred barrels and dramatic temperature swings
hence intense respiration in the barrel which  leads to a very rapid aging
compared to the sedate pace of other spirits many of which use recycled
barrels.