Does’nt matter it is number 1 whiskey or not, it is not good for your taste buds . On my very first attemt for tasting it, I was not even able to smell it, its smell was like hell, I brought a quarter of it and did’nt tasted a sip of it, I thrown it next day . I would suggest production company of this brand to lighten up its taste as I heared it has a fantastic intoxication but for me taste means first as a alcohol’s aroma first felt by your nostrills which may tell mind to drink it or throw it . Alover my experience was not good with this product .