Pale gold color. Blotchy on the sides of the glass. The nose is vanilla pipe tobacco. Lemon drop, peeled apples and pear. There is a serious cabbage/broccoli sulfuric character. Some fusel gassiness hovers above the rim. The flavor is first and foremost gasoline, fusels and sulfurics: it's a very "gassy" whiskey. Once you burrow through all that, you'll get mild vanilla, lemon-drop, and a tobacco component that isn't unlike an ashtray. The finish is like what you get after you siphon gas from a neighbor's car and get a little in your mouth. Yes, there is pear, apple skins, vanilla and even some mocha powder. But all of it pales in comparison to the smoky exhaust. I don't actually dislike Concannon: it isn't unpleasant, per se, but it's not a light or easy sipper. It works better when diluted or mixed than straight. It's got the character of car exhaust.