1 liter bottle. Pours a pure yellow color. Not very leggy, but lots of specks that look like raindrops on the inside of the glass. The nose is buttercream cake frosting at first. Some brown sugar and marzipan. There is also a soft aroma that reminds me of nothing more than kindergarten paste. The deeper you sniff, however, the harsher it gets: metallic, like the inside of an empty tin can; smoke from a soldering iron. The taste has a lot of stuff going on, surprisingly. Metallic like a battery, with a touch of bitter lemon drop. Vanilla creme and almonds. Candle-wax and banana-flavored hard candy. The end is sharp: cloves and an extinguished match. It finishes with a melange of candied oranges, vanilla tobacco, bitter tannins and coffee grounds. Paddy's is a very good value for the amount of flavor you get. It's no shrinking violet, and although it has the hallmarks of your typical Irish -- metal, vanilla, etc. -- it slaps you around just a touch at the end. It's a terrific nightcap on the rocks.