Rare Character Whiskey Company - Rare Character Limited Release Batch 01 – 2026 Bardstown, Kentucky, USA NOSE: Leather, tobacco, graham cracker, dried cherry, blackberry, baking spices, toasted oak. PALATE: Crème brûlée, cream puffs, cinnamon graham crackers, cherry candy, pipe tobacco, vanilla, dark fruit richness, brown sugar, black pepper. FINISH: Long and warming with baking spices, oak tannins, hot chocolate, caramel drizzle, banana bread pudding, lingering spice and tobacco notes. NOTES: An ultra-limited blended built around blending older Kentucky whiskey stocks with high-proof components to create a dense, dessert-driven, oak-forward bourbon aimed at serious enthusiasts and collectors. Batch 01 reportedly combines mature wheated bourbon with older rye whiskey components for layered sweetness and spice. With over-oaked or smaller-yield barrels to intensify flavor @ 120 Proof Cask Strength.