Old Carter 14 Year Straight American Whiskey Batch 8 (2022 Release)

So, let me give you my thoughts on old carter. Their bourbons are over priced, well blended younger MGP that you don't really want to pay for imo! Unless you LOVE MGP. Their rye to me is pretty good but I don't drink enough rye to give advice. But the AMERICAN? Oh...........that's different. A blend of bourbon and light whisky from MGP, it's been amazing and this is the oldest yet at 14 years! Nose - old light whisky! It's pretty alcohol forward. Very vanilla cream pie meets generic vanilla, meets, some kind of vanilla cleaner. Some oak and pastry. Clean simple wood and alcoholic as heck. Taste - Really good simple light whisky. It's big bold rich and everything you expect from a 14 year MGP light whisky. The problem? It's 240 bucks, it's old carter, and it's not up to their standards. Lets be adults and do a quick comp to their first american, the STANDARD they set for us. The nose is richer more creamy and more bourbon and chocolate forward. The taste and mouthfeel are nothing similar. Butter scotch and viscous elements are all over, a bit more unrefined, it burns, but god the flavors are better. The 14 is really nice, creamy simple vanilla and some just light whisky notes...and that's the thing. This drinks like 14 year old MGP light whisky with no bourbon or no other complex finishing. IT's good it's nice and it's over priced. I'm at a 1.75 here. I love the american 1 and it's way better. This isn't bad, but what in the hell is with this price? I'm sorry but this is missing for me. 240+ behind a 500 point pay wall to get the right to buy. This is a pass imo.