The nose has a nice sweetness to it, highlighting vanilla and toffee off the bat. However, if you linger it gives way to ethanol rather quickly. The palate is hot right out the gate, abandoning the promise of sweetness for immediate cinnamon spice, but with a little water it becomes more like pancakes and maple syrup. The long finish lingers, but at cask strength all it brings is the continued sensation of that burn from the palate. The water softens the finish back into that mild sweetness again. Read the full review: https://helladrunk.com/barrell-dovetail-2019/