Initial pours are really hard to define. There’s a lot going on. The nose is intense and smells like George Dickel 12 with some additional fruit notes, definitely pear, plum too. Palate is hot, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, with strong notes of Dickel 12, including the minerals. There’s light vanilla, caramel, sea salt, aromatic bitters, baking spices and some fruit notes I can’t nail down. Finish is medium length and muddled, not really spicy, not sweet either, a little bitterness. I tried it with water, didn’t like it. An ice cube made it viscous, syrupy, toned down the heat and i actually enjoyed it more. Can’t say I love it, can’t say I hate it. But I will drink more of it. The bottle in my hand says 56.77 ABV Distiller Review No. 418