Tasted neat at first. Straight heat w/ leather/oak finish. Ended up throwing a medium cube in to let it cool down a bit and and it brought out some cherry and lighter caramel on the palate. Finish has heat regardless :) Tasted again a few weeks later (10/26) with a large cube and wow did this open up; it was straight brown sugar. End was kind of like peanut butter. Phenomenal.