Malty and Fruity Coming back to this after doing some more "research". When people say it tastes and smells like green apple, they mean green apple hard candy (think jolly rancher). However, the taste, for me is overpowered by phenols. Apparently this is normal for malted whiskey, and people refer to this as "musty". To me it tastes bad. If you're a beginner like me, you will probably taste a jolly rancher covered in sharpie marker. This still is not worth it to me. Way too pricey, and tastes very bad. However, if you want that jolly rancher taste, I don't know where you would get it besides this.