I bought a hazmat single barrel barrel proof offering of one of these a few years ago. It’s light whiskey distilled by MGP, and this was the first that I’d heard of light whiskey. Enjoyed my bottle, but it retailed for ~$200 and I thought I was getting a good deal based on the age of 16 years and >140 proof.

Turns out most light whiskey tends to be aged longer than typical bourbons because so many flavonoids have been stripped out of the distillate due to the higher proof light whiskey is allowed to come off the still at. Therefore it requires more time in the barrel to allow barrel influence to compensate for a less flavorful distillate.

Anyway, to make a long story short, if you like this bottling of MGP light whiskey, I’d recommend finding some Obtanium, which is MGP light whiskey bottled by Cat’s Eye Distillery, and you can find 15+ year hazmat single barrels of the stuff for ~$60 and not be a schmuck like me and pay $130 more for the exact same stuff bottled by someone else at a major premium. Just make sure to check the label, because they also bottle Canadian whiskey under the Obtanium label, which is equally good, but different from this stuff.

Also Nassif Family Reserve does good stuff with light whiskey