Having my last beer on my Texas vacation. Love being with family in San Antonio and Houston. Saving the best, we hope, for the last. Vallenson's is one of Ryan's favorites. The description sounds impressive. This bottle is number 256 of 527 bottles. Opened the bottle and got mild raisins. Seems thin in the glass. Now the sip. Oh.... that's strong, powerful, with flavors so complex. Intense bourbon, the three years in an oak barrel, concentrated sweet raisin. Warms my entire body. A touch of leather just as it moves into the finish. Now I taste black cherry, more leather, and brief subtle notes of dark chocolate. There's no acclimating to this. Every sip seems more powerful than the last. It's rating was forgone from the very first.