Nose - banana, vanilla pudding, candied pecan, Nilla Wafer, maple syrup, heavily creamed coffee, mint, toasted marshmallow, moderate ethanol burn. Taste - banana, vanilla pudding, grape, artificial honey, cinnamon, coffee, candied pecan, rich simple syrup, candy corn, mint, apple, mild to moderate alcohol bite, finishing medium length and thick with artificial honey, grape, and minty vanilla flavors. For a product named Tennessee Honey, I get loads of ‘Tennessee’ but very little honey. It’s completely absent from the nose, but materializes on the palate as some chemically, and borderline cloying, semblance of honey that I’m not sure I would have identified if I hadn’t been staring at a bottle boldly emblazoned with the word ‘Honey.’ It’s a bit like cooking down a handful of candy corn with maple syrup and vanilla extract. As mentioned above, the ‘Tennessee’ portion of this experience comes through loud and clear. The ubiquitous JD banana, vanilla, and Nilla Wafer qualities are strong, but here they’re softened with a rather pleasant cinnamon candied pecan note along with some maple syrup and mint undertones. This isn’t terrible, but I can’t in good conscience recommend it for sipping neat, which is the medium I use for all my reviews. It’s simply too arrestingly sweet and syrupy to find a home anywhere but as a component of some lazy, haphazardly constructed cola-based cocktail, just like its Old No. 7 big brother.