Color: Sweet tea. Nose: Vanilla pods, rich caramel, and tobacco leaves. Fresh-split maple boughs complete the sweet and herbal bouquet. Palate: Warm buttered popcorn and an explosion of vanilla. Treacle and butterscotch meet a faint whisper of mint. Smooth and endlessly sticky mouthfeel. Finish: Dark molasses scented with pine needles. Very mild heat for that ABV. Diluted: Nilla wafers and a baker's kitchwn prevail on the nose. Palate also bakes some cookies, but with a hint of dark red berry fruits as well. Finish reduced is a big tablespoon of raw honey.