Nose - green apple, peach, orange zest, light caramel, grass, cinnamon, mild ethanol burn. Taste - cereal grain, green apple, lemon zest, corn sweetness, cinnamon, honey, grass, mild to moderate alcohol bite, finishing fast with bright ethanol, green apple, and citrus zest flavors. A name like ‘Triple Smooth’ does not inspire confidence, but let’s see if I’m just judging the book by its cover. TLDR, I’m not. This isn’t good stuff, as we’ve all come to expect with Total Wine brands. It’s smooth in the sense that the alcohol burn is low, but I actually find this rather astringent. The dominant aromas on the nose are sour apple, citrus zest, and a hint of peach, which I find to be the only redeeming quality about it. The palate is worse, with more sour graininess coming out, along with some bland corn sweetness, not completely dissimilar from a cheap Canadian whisky. Don’t buy this. It’s around the same price as Tullamore, Bushmills, and Jameson, but not as good as any of them. And that’s a pretty low bar. Total Wine has failed me yet again, but probably not for the last time.