Neat. Lovely dark brassy color. Nose is bright, fruity and funky. Banana candy, pineapple, leather, and solvent (in a good way. Taste is sweet molasses, tobacco/leather, pineapple and other tropical fruits, cherry candy, and woo.. all kinds of funky esters... I think I got a little new car smell/taste as well. Words fail this review. It's an absolute experience for the flavor adventurous if sipping. Where I see this shining is as a mixer. It combines high proof rum with bitters or an apertif It would turn the simplest fruit juice into a complex tropical drink.